Don’t get me wrong … it’s wonderful to have the time, space and freedon to read and think but I’m a scientist at heart and I’ve been itching to be ‘doing’ something.
And in the spirit of open science, I should tell … whoever’s reading this … that I am actually doing something. No, it doesn’t matter that I haven’t processed the data yet. Or that I have the teensiest possible amount of data to process as yet. The point is, I am in the process of …!
I’ve plunged in and done my first interview, with a generous scientist who kindly gave up an hour of his time to answer my rambling attempts at questions. A small step but I am ridiculously excited about it.
I’m mid-way through transcribing the interview as we speak. Writing this post is by way of giving my poor ears a rest. There are two reasons to give my ears a rest: one physical – not being of the ‘digitial native’ generation (my first calculator was a slide rule), my ears scream after more than an hour with earphones in. and one mental – can anyone bear to listen to themselves in a recording?
The conversation was interesting and of course, as any good conversation should, threw up more questions than answers. For example – I’d missed an obvious point – I need to find some open science sceptics to talk to. And then there’s publishing … and journalism … and education …
A barrel of herrings to look over in case they turn out to be red.
I need to find some open science sceptics
I suggest David Crotty. I disagree with nearly everything he says but I make a point to read it just the same. 🙂
You might also try PhysioProf (co-blogs with DrugMonkey on ScienceBlogs), depending on how you view anonymity (and profanity, and an odd sort of humour).
Thank you very much. Looking them up as we speak.
I can feel the ‘thanks’ page on my thesis getting longer and longer. I am very grateful.
There is also Paulo Nuin, see his “Why Open Science won’t work (at least for now)” series.
Here’s the first: http://blindscientist.genedrift.org/2008/11/13/why-open-scienceresearch-wont-work-at-least-for-now-first-part-of-a-long-series/