Open source science and commercial interests
It is always fascinating to observe self-organizing systems evolve. This happening now in open source science. Consider this example.
ChemRefer is a company that searches the literature to answer chemical questions for free, making money through advertising. They are subscribed to our UsefulChem blog, where I posted about a request made in the SynapticLeap for an improved synthesis of a drug for a tropical disease.
It turns out that ChemRefer finds a thesis with an alternative synthesis and contributes that without being asked.
I don't know if ChemRefer's model will be successful but, as those with similar motives try, the wheels of science move a little bit forward.
I talked a bit more about this in my Peer Review in the Google Age presentation.
ChemRefer is a company that searches the literature to answer chemical questions for free, making money through advertising. They are subscribed to our UsefulChem blog, where I posted about a request made in the SynapticLeap for an improved synthesis of a drug for a tropical disease.
It turns out that ChemRefer finds a thesis with an alternative synthesis and contributes that without being asked.
I don't know if ChemRefer's model will be successful but, as those with similar motives try, the wheels of science move a little bit forward.
I talked a bit more about this in my Peer Review in the Google Age presentation.
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