Heyo, sorry I just subscribed so not sure if you already addressed this, but could you say more about how this effort fits into the wider ecosystem of outside-academia science? What might your ideal projects look like?
It seems some of your focus is on meta science and theorizing?
There are already numerous hobbyist and interest groups publishing research, from
Native plant societies to coral-growing aquarists. There are self-experimenters and the quantified self community. There are various community or citizen science projects. There is science fair science, often overlooked and weirdly relegated to children. Related, there are creative side projects and Ignoble science. Then there is Twitter theorizing, and of course a wide array of blogs.
In the max dash to collect and retain eyeballs, it seems everything is being likened to war, and no one wants to lose. Dead ends have become too risky, or too expensive to explore. Results, profit, and the win have captured the popular imagination. Not just science. We have all become hostages to profit.
This is incredible. As a plant biologist, I applaud the puns. But more importantly, I think this is exactly the kind of project we need right now. I”m glad to help in any way and will be registering with you ASAP.
While I think that SoS has a clearly special niche: a community of mainly non university scholars, and a Journal focused on wide perspectives and meta problems in Science has room for adding value.
I would suggest that a Forum (similar to EA or Progress Forum, but only for members) and some additional clarity on the kind of articles expected for the Journal would be useful.
Are you a 501(c)(3) registered charity? Fun fact, Canadians get a tax deduction for donations to 501(c)(3)s.
Just sayin'
Heyo, sorry I just subscribed so not sure if you already addressed this, but could you say more about how this effort fits into the wider ecosystem of outside-academia science? What might your ideal projects look like?
It seems some of your focus is on meta science and theorizing?
There are already numerous hobbyist and interest groups publishing research, from
Native plant societies to coral-growing aquarists. There are self-experimenters and the quantified self community. There are various community or citizen science projects. There is science fair science, often overlooked and weirdly relegated to children. Related, there are creative side projects and Ignoble science. Then there is Twitter theorizing, and of course a wide array of blogs.
In the max dash to collect and retain eyeballs, it seems everything is being likened to war, and no one wants to lose. Dead ends have become too risky, or too expensive to explore. Results, profit, and the win have captured the popular imagination. Not just science. We have all become hostages to profit.
This is incredible. As a plant biologist, I applaud the puns. But more importantly, I think this is exactly the kind of project we need right now. I”m glad to help in any way and will be registering with you ASAP.
Another affine project is the Unjournal:
https://globalimpact.gitbook.io/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/
While I think that SoS has a clearly special niche: a community of mainly non university scholars, and a Journal focused on wide perspectives and meta problems in Science has room for adding value.
I would suggest that a Forum (similar to EA or Progress Forum, but only for members) and some additional clarity on the kind of articles expected for the Journal would be useful.
Are you guys aware of Researchers One?
https://researchers.one/
It looks similar to what you are doing.