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Suggestions for making research as trustworthy, intelligible and quickly available as possible

May 14, 2020•3

mickofemsworth

Message

12y

Suggestions for making research as trustworthy, intelligible and quickly available as possible

May 14, 2020•3

mickofemsworth

12y

Suggestions for making research as trustworthy, intelligible and quickly available as possible

mickofemsworth

There's a lot of research papers out there - some good, some bad, some intelligible, some unintelligible, some disseminated quickly, some slowly. Now, with covid-19, it is more important than ever that we get to know whether a research paper should be trusted, and as many as possible of the relevant people should be able to understand it as quickly as possible. The phrases in italics refer to key problems with the system for creating and disseminating knowledge. The purpose of this note is to explain how a few publications of mine are relevant to tackling these problems.

Just after deciding to write this note, I received a "nature briefing" email from the... (read 1119 more words →)

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Suggestions for making research as trustworthy, intelligible and quickly available as possible

mickofemsworth

mickofemsworth

Suggestions for making research as trustworthy, intelligible and quickly available as possible