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…8 min read·Feb 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.15 min read·Nov 29, 2022----
Bruce CaronScience is in the complexity business…What does that mean for your organizational governance?18 min read·May 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…6 min read·Apr 8, 2021--1--1
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…15 min read·Oct 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…7 min read·Sep 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…12 min read·Aug 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…7 min read·Aug 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…15 min read·Aug 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…12 min read·Aug 3, 2020----