tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734900.post1863492020705303765..comments2024-03-28T07:18:06.376+00:00Comments on The Daily ACK: Web 2.0 and scientific methodAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200256129780465367noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734900.post-2864968797078283672007-05-28T20:03:00.000+01:002007-05-28T20:03:00.000+01:00Nice post. I agree wholeheartedly that the use of...Nice post. I agree wholeheartedly that the use of a 'tagging like system' for papers could have damaging effects. However, other bits of Web 2.0 could have wholly positive effects on science, but still haven't been widely accepted.<BR/><BR/>Just one example: Collabarative wiki pages can keep large international projects organized orders of magnitude more efficiently than most other methods, but they are still not too commonly used.<BR/><BR/>I think that people in general (with the exception of the usual set of technophiles) are usually quite slow at picking up new technologies. Scientists are no different. I know more than one person that still insists on coding solely in F77!CMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296217283558268573noreply@blogger.com