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Faster and Open Access to Scientific Results

Posted by kdawson on from the idea-worth-spreading dept.

Tim O'Reilly has a post about how the prominent scholarly journal Nature has recently launched an open-access service for pre-publication research and presentations. In Nature Precedings, all content is released under a Creative Commons Attribution License, and can be commented and voted on. The service will cover research in biology, chemistry, and earth science, much like arXiv.org does for physics, mathematics, and computer science.

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  1. Vote on it? by houghi · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... and can be commented and voted on ...


    I hope they have something about gravity, because I would love to see what happens if the majority voted against it.

    (No, I do not RTFA)
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    1. Re:Vote on it? by misanthrope101 · · Score: 2, Funny

      But surely the facts that I'm skeptical of the germ theory, and that I think the science behind plate tectonics is murky, and I think the jury is still out on the atomic theory, should carry some weight in the scientific community? Sigh. I guess asking the tough questions isn't allowed. You'd think science would profit from honest debate, but "scientists" seem to prefer ignoring problems with the conventional theories. Can't rock the boat, lest you lose your funding. They should just follow the evidence wherever it leads, and if that leads past the limitations of materialistic science, so be it. But not everyone, it seems, has the intellectual integrity to acknowledge the Invisible Pink Unicorn, um, I mean not everyone is willing to recognize the ever-present hand of a designer.

  2. At last by niceone · · Score: 2, Funny

    A way to get first post at Nature. And possibly be modded -1 troll.

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