Connected Action

I recently came across an article in Wired, “The End of Theory:  Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete“.  To sum it quite quickly:  the volumes of data available to entities such as Google allow analysis of data without hypotheses, facilitating scientific progress without the need for theory. I find the article troubling since someone [...]

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I saw an article posted to Slashdot yesterday about how scientists are using Web 2.0 tools to facilitate collaboration. The original piece, published in Scientific American, offers some food for thought around these parts. The article is pretty basic, but it covers several of the key pros and cons of using these technologies from the [...]

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