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Inside the live reptile tent: the twilight world of the carnival midway

Inside the live reptile tent: the twilight world of the carnival midway

Inside the Live Reptile Tent is a journey to the heart of every special weekend and holiday adventure.

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Bruce Caron

ChatGPT 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 readFeb 22, 2023

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ChatGPT wrote this book synopsis in Twelve Minutes (real time)

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The unreasonable effectiveness of shared null results:

or, if open science were Wordle we might usually get the answer on the first line.

15 min readNov 29, 2022

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The unreasonable effectiveness of shared null results:

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Bruce Caron

Science is in the complexity business…

What does that mean for your organizational governance?

18 min readMay 17, 2022

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Science is in the complexity business…

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Bruce Caron

On Science Preprints: academic publishing takes a quantum leap into the present

A beginning thought: Preprint services are more like libraries than journals. More interested in serving diverse stakeholders than in…

6 min readApr 8, 2021

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On Science Preprints: academic publishing takes a quantum leap into the present

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Toxic 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 readOct 5, 2020

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Toxic cultures plague the academy

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Bruce Caron

The 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 readSep 14, 2020

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The new Nobel: celebrating science events, their teams, and the history of discovery

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Bruce Caron

It’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 readAug 31, 2020

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It’s time to eliminate patents in universities

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Bruce Caron

Open 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 readAug 20, 2020

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Open science badges are coming

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Bruce Caron

Open 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 readAug 6, 2020

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Open science means leaving the idea desert for the idea garden

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Bruce Caron

Steal 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 readAug 3, 2020

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Steal like a(n Open) Scientist

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Bruce Caron

Bruce Caron

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online science community architect; media; expression, education and gaming; fiction as needed. Also blog at <https://cybersocialstructure.org/>

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