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Science Is Open Software

162 points · 75 comments · jegp

  1. jruohonen · · focus · HN ↗
    In an utopia, yes, but I have raised the argument also elsewhere: who wants to be a maintainer of a paper forever? So, yes, science is indeed a lot like open source software, but more like the write-only software platforms and repositories are full of. Replication is also a lot more important than reproducibility in most fields and for most questions.
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