I think this is great; the transition to open data in Big Science will be slow, but it's clearly the right thing to do.
That being said, the biggest short-term practical consequence of this will be a stream of disturbed pseudo-scientists "discovering" things in the data.
That being said, the biggest short-term practical consequence of this will be a stream of disturbed pseudo-scientists "discovering" things in the data.
So? Those guys have been doing that for ages already. OTOH, don't be surprised if some actual discoveries/improvements happen now, given more open access to the data.
Comments
I think this is great; the transition to open data in Big Science will be slow, but it's clearly the right thing to do.
That being said, the biggest short-term practical consequence of this will be a stream of disturbed pseudo-scientists "discovering" things in the data.
So? Those guys have been doing that for ages already. OTOH, don't be surprised if some actual discoveries/improvements happen now, given more open access to the data.