Crowd-funding science? « through the looking glass - The Diigo Meta page

• 31 May 13
  

  mary canady

  More nuanced thoughts on crowd-funding and science, from last year. http://t.co/aadDTUTOwh
  – Alice Bell (alicebell) http://twitter.com/alicebell/status/340391729674985472

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• 23 Jul 12
  

  Todd Suomela

  "For me the biggest question is whether you can really raise the sorts of funding 21st century science needs in this way? I wonder if there is a profound disconnect between the thinner ends of the long tail and the simple bigness of a lot of contemporary science."

  science crowdsourcing funding research citizen-science participation public

  • If you really want to democractise science, crowd-funding looks like a poor alternative for tax-funding to me. Whether you agree probably comes down to broader political beliefs though (I quite like paying tax and I have faith that we can make the research councils better).

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