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On short-term diversification of #science digital infrastructure, by @hildabast:
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/what-if-we-cant-rely-on-pubmed/

@petersuber cites [5] within a wider perspective:
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114049325508464883

#References

[4] Cromer, A., 1993. Uncommon sense: the heretical nature of science. Oxford University Press, New York, United States. ISBN 978-0-19-508213-5
https://archive.org/details/uncommonsenseher0000crom/page/204/mode/2up?q=%22science+is+a+new+factor+in+human+existence+that+goes+against+the%22

[5] Goodman, D., 2025. Science must step away from nationally managed infrastructure. The Transmitter. https://doi.org/10.53053/XHFX8483

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#References

[1] Stallman, R.M., 2011. Measures governments can use to promote free software. Free Software Foundation. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/government-free-software.html

[2] Stallman, R.M., 2013. Why free software is more important now than ever before. Wired 2013 (9). https://web.archive.org/web/20140402232212/https://www.wired.com/2013/09/why-free-software-is-more-important-now-than-ever-before/

[3] Stallman, R.M., 2009. Viewpoint: why “open source” misses the point of free software. Communications of the ACM 52, 31–33. https://doi.org/10.1145/1516046.1516058
(free access version: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html )

Went to #arXiv to check… and found it's w... more advanced.

They partner with this #txyz company which claims in one interview that "If you find the article, you do not have to read it. Our system will generate a summary for you, and if you have any questions, you simply ask our #AI, and it will answer all of them, with fact-based #references, of course." (not posting the link, it's a trash journal - #TheGlobeAndMail also has a promotional paper about it).

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/markets-news/Globe%20PR%20Wire/29295226/introducing-txyz-the-ai-platform-revolutionizing-pdf-reading-and-writing-for-academic/

@Unixbigot
Thanks. With this one I was going from "it's real" to "it must be fiction", but it was a slower realization than with some of your previous #MicroFiction texts. Thanks for providing #references and normalizing giving sources for the #science in your #ScienceFiction texts.

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Somehow related:

- bias vs science
https://hostux.social/@dderigo/110120175992597742

- a declining adult literacy cannot but affect the #ExtendedPeerCommunity
https://hostux.social/@dderigo/113733152092868071

#References

[1] Funtowicz, S.O., Ravetz, J.R., 1994. The worth of a songbird: ecological economics as a post-normal science. Ecological Economics 10 (3), 197–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-8009(94)90108-2

[2] Saltelli, A., 2024. What is post-normal science? A personal encounter. Foundations of Science 29, 945–954. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-023-09932-x

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#References

[1] Scarpetta, S., Schleicher, A., Avvisati, F., Bahar, E., Meierkord, A., Paccagnella, M., Seitz, H., Staneva, M., Tusz, R., Keslair, F., Yassine, H.S., Tam, F.K., 2024. Do adults have the skills they need to thrive in a changing world? Survey of adult skills 2023, OECD Skills Studies. OECD. https://doi.org/10.1787/b263dc5d-en

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#References

[7] Else, H., 2024. ‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril. Science 386 (6725), 955. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.zpnivp6

[8] Berrío, J.P., Kalliokoski, O., 2024. Fraudulent studies are undermining the reliability of systematic reviews – A study of the prevalence of problematic images in preclinical studies of depression. bioRxiv 580196+. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.13.580196

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#References

[4] Haider, J., et al., 2024. GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review 5 (5). https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-156

[5] Stallman, R.M., 2002. On Hacking. https://www.stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html

[6] Grimsley, C., 2022. Contextualizing artificial intelligence: the history, values, and epistemology of technology in the philosophy of science. https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2022.199

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#References

[1] Shapiro, A.R., 2017. News flash: science has always been political. In: Macroscope, American Scientist. Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, p. 3906+. https://www.americanscientist.org/node/3906

[2] Brecht, B., The Life of Galileo (orig. "Leben des Galilei")
(mentioned excerpts: e.g. see
- https://archive.org/details/LifeOfGalileo-BertoltBrecth/page/n33/mode/2up
- https://archive.org/details/LifeOfGalileo-BertoltBrecth/page/n55/mode/2up )

[3] Fuentes, A., 2024. Scientists as political advocates. Science 386 (6724), eadt7194+. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adt7194

#DOI
@tryingbiology

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#References

[4] Teixeira Da Silva, J.A., Nazarovets, M., 2023. Archiving website‐based references in academic papers: problems caused by reference rot, potential solutions and limitations. Learned Publishing 36 (3), 477-487. https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1560
(free access versions: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=576780938888356916 )

[5] Cerf, V.G., 2016. “We’re going backward!” Communication of the ACM 59 (10), 7. https://doi.org/10.1145/2993746
(#PDF: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2993746)