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I have always had some problems with the current political situation of science where some data are collected and some scientific computer program written, yet they are concealed deliberately. The logic is that you spend some labor on it, so you have the right to "possess it" and "publish it", whatever. It sounds fair, but it is not. I think it just casts shadow on the real drive of science , that is to access the truth but (not necessarily) a polished career.
When I think of neuroscience for instance, I am almost 100 % sure that physical mechanisms behind neurological diseases including Alzheimer, Parkinson's, Epilepsy would already have been figured out, and perhaps, some real much more effective cure would have been found for millions suffering from them!
And also, I can imagine some many professors who have the power to access the data but doing nothing else except hiring researchers would perish! It is not hard to see that collective intelligence (like in this forum) is something why companies and some of the professors are afraid of.
A couple of days ago I got into this TED video, talking about open science and its potential powers. My god, I had not known before that a serious math problem was solved by hundreds of comments of a blog (which belongs to a Carnegie Mellon professor) and http://bit.ly/hd53G8".
This has encouraged me here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnWocYKqvhw" for people who are not aware.
When I think of neuroscience for instance, I am almost 100 % sure that physical mechanisms behind neurological diseases including Alzheimer, Parkinson's, Epilepsy would already have been figured out, and perhaps, some real much more effective cure would have been found for millions suffering from them!
And also, I can imagine some many professors who have the power to access the data but doing nothing else except hiring researchers would perish! It is not hard to see that collective intelligence (like in this forum) is something why companies and some of the professors are afraid of.
A couple of days ago I got into this TED video, talking about open science and its potential powers. My god, I had not known before that a serious math problem was solved by hundreds of comments of a blog (which belongs to a Carnegie Mellon professor) and http://bit.ly/hd53G8".
This has encouraged me here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnWocYKqvhw" for people who are not aware.
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