Scientists Sharing Fewer Discoveries
Robert Lee Hotz,
Los Angeles Times,
Feb 11, 2002
Statistical evidence that scientists and researchers are sharing less based on a study by analysts at the Harvard University Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital questioning 1,800 geneticists. "They found that almost half of the scientists had been denied access to information about published research... The trend toward secrecy in science means that it is harder for scientists to check each other's experiments for mistakes and ensure the integrity of published research. It also is more difficult for competing laboratories to build on the advances of others, several policy analysts said." Surely this is the sort of evidence that argues against the commodification of knowledge.
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