Comments on: Planets, Lies, and Astronomy Logs http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060 Theoretical Musings Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:06:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: planet facts http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060#comment-312441 planet facts Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:57:55 +0000 http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060#comment-312441 WOW! very shocking read... thats for the share mate. WOW! very shocking read… thats for the share mate.

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]]> By: Greg Kuperberg http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060#comment-42179 Greg Kuperberg Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:13:19 +0000 http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060#comment-42179 My agent advised me not to talk about this subject. :-) This Ortiz fellow looks very bad at the moment. The New York Times is off the mark in blaming it on the Internet, because there have always been many ways to claim results in bad faith. If anything these issues slowly improve over time. But it does reveal an ill side-effect of having "breaking news" in science. Maybe journalists are forced into such conduct. Professional societies should show some restraint. My agent advised me not to talk about this subject. :-)

This Ortiz fellow looks very bad at the moment. The New York Times is off the mark in blaming it on the Internet, because there have always been many ways to claim results in bad faith. If anything these issues slowly improve over time.

But it does reveal an ill side-effect of having “breaking news” in science. Maybe journalists are forced into such conduct. Professional societies should show some restraint.

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]]> By: Scott Aaronson http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060#comment-42140 Scott Aaronson Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:11:37 +0000 http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060#comment-42140 From now on, maybe I should keep the discovery of new complexity classes secret until I'm ready to make a public announcement about them, rather than immediately posting to the Zoo... From now on, maybe I should keep the discovery of new complexity classes secret until I’m ready to make a public announcement about them, rather than immediately posting to the Zoo…

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]]> By: Hogg http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060#comment-42068 Hogg Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:40:45 +0000 http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060#comment-42068 ps. I put my <a href="http://hoggresearch.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">money where my mouth is</a>. ps. I put my money where my mouth is.

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]]> By: Hogg http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060#comment-42067 Hogg Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:17:14 +0000 http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=1060#comment-42067 That's why it is important never to work on anything <i>really</i> interesting! (Actually, in all seriousness, this problem is exceedingly rare, and the benefits of sharing real-time info—in most circumstance—outweigh the risks by an enormous factor.) That’s why it is important never to work on anything really interesting!

(Actually, in all seriousness, this problem is exceedingly rare, and the benefits of sharing real-time info—in most circumstance—outweigh the risks by an enormous factor.)

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