Fixing The Scientific Information Ecosystem ◄ Dr. Philipp Koellinger

Описание: ◄ Episode Topic Score
Culture (7)
Design (8)
Education (6)
Environment (5)
Science (10)
Technology (9)


◄ Topical Keywords
Scientific Research
Information Ecosystem
Blockchain Technology
Scientific Publications


◄ Episode Description
Scientific research is one of the most important drivers of Civilizational progress. Every discovery in biology, physics, chemistry, is a piece of new knowledge in the latticework that is our understanding of the reality we live within. The more we know and understand, the more we are able to manipulate and refine our own existence into one that has less suffering and greater potential for a sustainable future.

What few people know is that the industry for scientific research and publication is broken, and is driven by perverse incentive structures that push scientists to fabricate data, and to select projects on the basis of cultural popularity rather than scientific relevance. Scientists are scrambling to release as many papers as possible to secure their funding, which is creating a bubble in the science industry that is ready to pop. Scientists are disconnected and incentivized to hide information from each other in an industry where collaboration should be paramount.

Today’s guest is Dr. Philipp Koellinger, President of the board for the DeSci Foundation, an organization that is dedicated to the development of a more verifiable, more open, and fairer ecosystem for science and scientists. Dr. Koellinger is trying to fix the scientific information ecosystem using innovative blockchain technology to link every piece of scientific data, every discovery, and every scientific document on a living network. As an example, if a scientific paper references a piece of data from another lab, that reference is a traceable link to the other document, and changes in the data will mean that all documents that reference that data will also change. This system is designed to break down data silos in the scientific industry, using a method that Dr. Koellinger called “Metascience” - using the scientific method to find ways to improve the scientific industry.

◄ Episode Timestamps
(00:00) - Introduction
(3:40) - What is the current state of the Scientific Information Ecosystem?
(6:15) - “Perverse Incentive Structures” in the Scientific Publication Industry
(10:20) - The current approach for storing scientific data and artifacts
(12:18) - The “Open Access” publication model
(14:00) - The implications of the White House memo for scientific research
(16:00) - What is DeSci?
(18:44) - Desci’s open architecture for verifiable research
(24:50) - Handling version control in scientific research publications
(31:25) - What is “Metascience”?
(37:15) - Applying Meta Scientific methods to scientific research
(41:26) - The scientific ecosystem “bubble”
◄ Additional Episode Resources
DeSci Labs: https://www.desci.com/
DeSci Foundation: https://descifoundation.org/
Phillipp’s Website: http://www.philipp-koellinger.com/
Phillipp’s Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...


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