We answer a listener question on the possible negative consequences of the open science movement—are things moving too quickly?
Links and things we discuss in the episode:
* We have a new logo, if you haven't already noticed...
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* Considering the potential downsides of open science
* Here come dat boi meme explination (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dat-boi)
* The dangers of open access by fiat
* The role of commercial entities in open science
* The “University of Oslo fancy Norway people-pay-taxes oil money bloody library (https://www.ub.uio.no/english/)”
* Dropping the success rate of grants to increase the quality of evaluation
* Reframing open science reform efforts to a mission of equity and fairness
* We don’t know the process behind university sexual harassment/misconduct investigations
* Does transparency even matter if people won’t follow up on problems?
* James' prediction: If someone starts a journal that ONLY does Registered Report, this will be very successful
* The milkshake duck tweet (https://twitter.com/pixelatedboat/status/741904787361300481) and an explanation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkshake_Duck)
* Paul Roos and his “no dickheads” policy (https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2011-12-16/the-swan-way)
* Linking DOIs
* We can't let edge case scenarios, which may not even play out, hobble progress
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Music credits: Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)
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Episode citation and permanent link
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, April 15) "More janitors and fewer architects" Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/7ZR9J (https://osf.io/7zr9j/)