tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601830.post8794742975068501378..comments2023-07-08T07:33:24.470-07:00Comments on Hope for Pandora: In Big Bold Lettersthomas robeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10507272466209300062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601830.post-41473268163463452052008-01-06T18:07:00.000-08:002008-01-06T18:07:00.000-08:00What I meant to ask is whether publishing papers i...What I meant to ask is whether publishing papers is the ends of science. In practice, it surely seems as though it is. In principle, the ends of science are much larger than an archive. But as you know, the reward system is oriented more toward archiving than applying.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's the engineer in me that prizes the kind of knowledge that makes life easier, more productive or happier. Or maybe it's because I am reading a biography about Ben Franklin right now...thomas robeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507272466209300062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601830.post-71601258313729720192008-01-04T21:52:00.000-08:002008-01-04T21:52:00.000-08:00yes, yes it should. if you are not communicating s...yes, yes it should. if you are not communicating something worth archiving to your fellow scientists...are you really doing science?Drugmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414353815962084981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601830.post-82376069188743839322007-03-24T09:19:00.000-07:002007-03-24T09:19:00.000-07:00Is our goal really to publish papers?I know that i...Is our goal really to publish papers?<BR/><BR/>I know that is the only thing in my sights right now, since I want to graduate soon, but should publishing papers be the goal of science?thomas robeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507272466209300062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601830.post-15612055929622793782007-03-24T04:52:00.000-07:002007-03-24T04:52:00.000-07:00at least someone is focussing on what OUR goal is,...at least someone is focussing on what OUR goal is, not the suppliersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com