Scientists No Longer Sharing Information?

chill writes: "A little while back there was an item here on Slashdot about the debate over public funded research and whether or not it should be required to be "open". Well, here is some ammunition to one side of the debate. It seem there is an article in the Chicago Tribune about the increasing unwillingness of genetic researchers to share supporting information with colleagues. The study is from the Journal of the American Medical Association for those who want more than the second-hand summary of the Trib."

Comments

Well, it's better than...

[Mahtar]

From the article:
Forty-seven percent of the academic geneticists who asked other colleagues for information, data and materials related to published research were turned down...

Coincidentally, a vast percentage improvement over their collective attempts at dating.

Re:This is complete bunk

[Anonymous Coward]

Any breathing female would certainly be able to find countless opportunities to recieve "genetic information" on any of these campuses.


Stop this intolerenace! Necrophiles have rights too! If I want to fuck a corpse, that's entirely my decision!

I have done significant research into this...

[Anonymous Coward]

...however, I will not share it until you sign my NDA and licensing agreement.

Re:Hard to figure out?

[Swaffs]

I'd like to patent arithmetic. That way if anyone wants to do math, they owe me money. How much money? Well, they'll have to calculate, which is going to cost them. How much will it cost them? Well they'll have to calculate that too, which means more bucks in my pocket.

I think I'm going to be rich very soon.