Thousand Thoughts Project
Craig Rowell
Sunday, 03 August 2008 16:34 UTC
Goal: Using social network links to build upon each other’s research and enhance the webbing of scientific knowledge.
To participate:
• Send a question or two related to yourscientific research or interests to questions@labpedia.com
• Check for the posting of questions (all questions will posted as anonymous) on Nature Networks, Facebook-Nature Networks or Labpedia.com.
• If you have a friend in one of your networks who you think could answer one of the questions send them to any of the sites.
• If you have an answer send the citation information to answers@labpedia.com
• If you receive an answer from answers@labpedia.com determine if the answer is appropriate. Then send a reply to let me know.
• Answers will be posted with the questions once the answers have been approved.
•Check back often and have fun!
Example:
Q. What apoptotic machinery is conserved during metamorphosis of different insect species?
A. Gulam A. Manji and Paul D. Friesen. Apoptosis in Motion: An apical, P35-insensative caspase mediates programmed cell death in insect cells. J. Biol. Chem., 276, 16704-16710, 2001.
Active Questions:
Would SLC35A1 make an appealing candidate gene for retinitis pigmentosa locus 25 given that a fully inactivating mutation in this gene gives rise to a glycosylation disorder? The question is based on this article figure.
Updated 07 August 2008 05:37 UTC
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Replies
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Oops – not so good at reading instructions. These questions can and probably ought to be anonymous. Never mind, I have no particular vested interest in the idea above.
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Heather,
I very much appreciate the effort and your question will be included. but i will remove your name on the other sites.
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What a great idea!
Sorry for deleting Heather’s comment – it’s all in the interests of anonymity.
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I don’t understand why the questions should be anonymous.
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Good Question Bill,
My thoughts are that 1) people are more apt to ask questions if they have anonymity 2) If they don’t accept the answer given there is no ill feelings between the person asking and ther person providing the answer since they won’t know who each other is 3) the types of questions asked might be more speculative in nature if people don’t have their names attached. Please let me what you think.
Thanks,
Craig
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For people who choose to be identified in connection with their questions or answers, Labpedia could be a good way to make collaborative and other productive connections. Also, lots of people want credit for their ideas and would probably prefer not to be anonymous.
So I think you can get all the benefits of anonymity by allowing anonymous questions/answers, but you lose considerable value by forcing all users to be anonymous.
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I see your point. I have given this question some serious thought and as I continue to get feedback I will keep my mind open to changing the current setup. Thanks for your feedback.
Craig
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