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This was not the best of examples - 'Imagine if scientists kept the result of every scientific study to themselves.'. Given that most science is funded ultimate
by vixen99 6y ago
This was not the best of examples - 'Imagine if scientists kept the result of every scientific study to themselves.'. Given that most science is funded ultimately by taxpayers either directly or via money borrowed on their behalf by governments, this would be an indefensible position aside from demonstrating an ignorance of how science progresses.
- joelthelion 6y agoBeing funded by tax payers doesn't prevent most research from being published behind a steep paywal at no benefit for the researchers...
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoThe more full quote: > Imagine if scientists kept the result of every scientific study to themselves. The same work would have to be done over and over again as everyone was forced to reinvent the wheel countless times to do anything at all. Computer scientists do exactly this, as it's possible to publish while withholding your source-code. This is harmful not only in that effort is wasted reimplementing published algorithms, but also in that the reader is deprived of the ability to check the source-code for bugs that might impact the published results. This topic has cropped up before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24261706 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24261706