The fall of this country will not be at the hands of a foreign enemy, but at the hands of the ignorant and uneducated of this country.
most scientists whose work is funded by the us government have this obligation. many skirt this requirement for reasons (difficult to deidentify the data that is associated with people, no funding for the web presence, ...)
"... and another thing about you democrats ... you all believe in science!" -- denny crane
I think this is great. The more the fruits of knowledge and research are shared with everyone the better. I have noticed that a lot of professors are writing their textbooks and posting them online as free e-books. Free as in for everyone,not just students and faculty.. MIT has many of it's course online for free. Anytime I learn a new concept or idea or a way of explaining an idea I like to share it with others. I think it's great that NASA is posting their research data.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
"The more the fruits of knowledge and research are shared with everyone the better."
Eve sharing the fruits of knowledge with Adam is what got us into this mess in the first place! (%+#)
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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This is awesome. Even more text for nutters to comb over, and find evidence of a cover-up :)
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.