Bruce CaronChatGPT wrote this book synopsis in Twelve Minutes (real time)About 5 years ago I signed up for “12 minutes” which offered 12 minute synopses of books… a way to get an intro to a book before I read the…Feb 22, 2023Feb 22, 2023
Bruce CaronThe unreasonable effectiveness of shared null results:or, if open science were Wordle we might usually get the answer on the first line.Nov 29, 2022Nov 29, 2022
Bruce CaronScience is in the complexity business…What does that mean for your organizational governance?May 17, 2022May 17, 2022
Bruce CaronOn Science Preprints: academic publishing takes a quantum leap into the presentA beginning thought: Preprint services are more like libraries than journals. More interested in serving diverse stakeholders than in…Apr 8, 20211Apr 8, 20211
Bruce CaronToxic cultures plague the academy“What would happen, for instance, if the university were to let go of the notion of prestige and of the competition that creates it in…Oct 5, 2020Oct 5, 2020
Bruce CaronThe new Nobel: celebrating science events, their teams, and the history of discovery“I won’t have anything to do with the Nobel Prize… it’s a pain in the… (LAUGHS). I don’t like honors. I appreciate it [my work] for the…Sep 14, 2020Sep 14, 2020
Bruce CaronIt’s time to eliminate patents in universities“It is true that many people in science will scoff if you try to tell them about a scientific community in which ideas are treated as…Aug 31, 2020Aug 31, 2020
Bruce CaronOpen science badges are coming“A ‘badge’ is a symbol or indicator of an accomplishment, skill, quality or interest. From the Boy and Girl Scouts, to PADI diving…Aug 20, 2020Aug 20, 2020
Bruce CaronOpen science means leaving the idea desert for the idea garden“[W]e do know that coming up with original ideas or insights — the kind of lightbulb moments that can lead to imaginative What If…Aug 6, 2020Aug 6, 2020
Bruce CaronSteal like a(n Open) Scientist“After giving talks about open science I’ve sometimes been approached by skeptics who say, ‘Why would I help out my competitors by sharing…Aug 3, 2020Aug 3, 2020