Messages de Rogue Scholar

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Sciences des médias et de la communicationAnglais
Publié in the modern peer
Auteur Leal Oburoglu

Just like the anonymous commenter on a reddit thread or a social media post, I think the anonymous reviewer suffers from the “disinhibition effect” that comes with knowing that they cannot be identified. A reviewer “persona” is created and suddenly gives them the option to be especially harsh (sometimes cruel…). Would they have made the same comment face to face, at a conference, for example?

National SecurityBiotechnologyAutres sciences techniquesAnglais
Publié in The Connected Ideas Project
Auteur Alexander Titus

There’s a lot of talk these days about “technology races” and “the future of war.” But in biotechnology, we’re not racing toward some far-off sci-fi battlefield, the future has already arrived. Chapter 3 of the NSCEB Final Report makes it brutally clear: The U.S. military is not ready. Not because we lack good scientists. Not because we lack powerful technologies.

Underworld WorkshopsGetting StartedGeodynamicsSciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
Publié in Underworld Geodynamics Community

You are invited to a full-day workshop on Underworld — a computational Geodynamics / Tectonics modelling framework. This is an excellent opportunity for researchers, students, and professionals interested in computational geodynamics and Earth science modelling to learn about Underworld.