http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2006/09/28/bizarre-nature/ An Entomologist's Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:34:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2006/09/28/bizarre-nature/#comment-998 Tony Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:41:20 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2006/09/28/bizarre-nature/#comment-998 I think it's a great idea and is in fact the way science should advance. It eliminates the cliques, exclusivities, and "good old boy" networks from controlling the way science is done (via funding). And maybe it would force scientists to become better communicators. I realize it would be naive to believe that great reviews would emerge spontaneously from all comers even among qualified scientists but I imagine this would be a tightly moderated forum. TG I think it’s a great idea and is in fact the way science should advance. It eliminates the cliques, exclusivities, and “good old boy” networks from controlling the way science is done (via funding). And maybe it would force scientists to become better communicators. I realize it would be naive to believe that great reviews would emerge spontaneously from all comers even among qualified scientists but I imagine this would be a tightly moderated forum.
TG

]]> http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2006/09/28/bizarre-nature/#comment-21 Jay Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:43:59 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2006/09/28/bizarre-nature/#comment-21 It's certainly a more interactive way of going about the process... One that takes advantages of the power of digital mediums like the internet. Whether that's a good thing or not... perhaps only time will tell. I do find it interesting that they're encouraging commentors to use full names, with official email addresses of their institutions. To some degree at least, this should help discourage the nastiness that comes with anonymity. It’s certainly a more interactive way of going about the process… One that takes advantages of the power of digital mediums like the internet. Whether that’s a good thing or not… perhaps only time will tell. I do find it interesting that they’re encouraging commentors to use full names, with official email addresses of their institutions. To some degree at least, this should help discourage the nastiness that comes with anonymity.

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