http://www.penopticon.com Skewed Views from Richmond Hill and Southern Ontario Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:31:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.penopticon.com/2009/02/the-science-commons-a-timely-idea/ http://www.penopticon.com/2009/02/the-science-commons-a-timely-idea/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:41:06 +0000 PenOpticon http://www.penopticon.com/?p=311 Having been burned on few occasions trying to access the full text of research papers, the Science Commons is an idea whose time has come. It’s depressing to think how much human knowledge is moldering away in proprietary information silos. If most of that knowledge could be freed and allowed to mix with the global scientific community — and the general public — who knows what might be discovered? After all, not everyone has easy or affordable access to online journal subscriptions.



Let’s just hope the Science Commons fosters helpful scientific collaboration and synergy, though no doubt there are a few mad physicists out there looking for ideas on how to rend the space-time continuum!

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