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Juan Pablo Alperin
@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca

We have to acknowledge this tension in the #OpenScience movement. Scientific Culture is about how scientists understand science, but also how society understands and interfaces with the institution of science. Hard for OS to strengthen both. This blog explains: www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/10/21/t...

scholcommlab.caTensions in Open Science and Scientific CultureOpen Science (OS) holds a powerful promise: to serve society by providing universal public access to knowledge. But, as we continue to see OS be adopted across the world, it becomes increasingly cl…
Juan Pablo Alperin@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca

Conversations of #openscience are waning, and I feel we missed boat of making OS about changing culture to one that truly opens science to society. Real shame OS has remained just about opening research outputs. I've argued against this framing for years now, but wish I'd articulated it better.

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The Air Whisperer
@pneumofoils.bsky.social

In my opinion, it's NOT 'hard for Open Science to strengthen both'. But the 'framing' you protest makes it APPEAR hard. And my account is a 'worked example' of the fallacy behind the framing. My (evidenced) offer of an UPGRADE is routinely rejected by the Academic subject of Aerodynamics.