"Science 2.0 Open Access Lab Notebooks" Is Completely Absurd

Bora linked to a recent article at the Scientific American Web site concerning “Web 2.0” and its relationship to the conduct of science. The basic concept is that “THE WEB TOTALLY CHANGES EVERYTHING!11!!!!!1!ELEVENTY!11!!!!!1!” and scientists are and/or should be going to completely alter their way of communicating their findings to one another. One aspect of this is the notion of “Open Access Lab Notebooks”, pursuant to which scientists will keep their lab notebooks on publicly accessible Web sites where other scientists can view them and update the information they contain on a daily basis. In other words, scientists will essentially be continuously live-blogging their experimental activities in the lab. This is a totally fucking stupid idea.

“Science 2.0 Open Access Lab Notebooks” Is Completely Absurd

Bora linked to a recent article at the Scientific American Web site concerning “Web 2.0” and its relationship to the conduct of science. The basic concept is that “THE WEB TOTALLY CHANGES EVERYTHING!11!!!!!1!ELEVENTY!11!!!!!1!” and scientists are and/or should be going to completely alter their way of communicating their findings to one another. One aspect of this is the notion of “Open Access Lab Notebooks”, pursuant to which scientists will keep their lab notebooks on publicly accessible Web sites where other scientists can view them and update the information they contain on a daily basis. In other words, scientists will essentially be continuously live-blogging their experimental activities in the lab. This is a totally fucking stupid idea.