tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940140.post113374998367673186..comments2023-10-08T11:01:00.267-05:00Comments on Really Simple Sidi (RSS): Science in the web age: Joint effortsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940140.post-1137234541140807222006-01-14T05:29:00.000-05:002006-01-14T05:29:00.000-05:00I think we need to get back to the fundamental pur...I think we need to get back to the fundamental purpose of scientific publication: to communicate actionable information from one researcher to another. Most scientific information is so specific that there may be only one other researcher in the world looking for it. Blogs and other RSS technologies are creating extremely efficient vehicles for that communication. This has nothing to do with peer review. Either the information is useful and actionable or it is not. The researcher looking for the information has the skills to make that determination. Moving science forward and persuading a tenure committee are two completely different problems. Here is an <A HREF="http://usefulchem.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">example</A> of a blog used to communicate science in that way.Jean-Claude Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157209601339686455noreply@blogger.com