Secrecy in science – an argument for open access

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"A fresh round of climate science emails were hacked and released to the public last week. With the debate over secrecy in science back in the headlines, science writer Fred Pearce makes the argument for open access....If CRU had been more open with its data from the start, a great deal of time and angst on the part of its scientists — and a great deal of public uttering of paranoid nonsense from climate deniers — would have been avoided....As McIntyre put it recently, “probably no single issue damages the reputation of the climate science community more than the refusal to show the data that supports their work”. There should, for the good of science as well as public discourse, be a presumption in favour of open access...."

Link:

http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/climate-change-secrecy-freedom-information/

Updated:

11/30/2011, 09:34

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Tags:

ru.no oa.new oa.data oa.uk oa.climate oa.foi

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 12:11

Date published:

11/30/2011, 09:23