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Title:

Back Off Man, I'm A Scientist: User Generated Discovery

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Beginner
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Category:
Human / Social Issues
Organizer:
Jon Wiley, Google
Panelists:
Darlene Cavalier (The Science Cheerleader), Kevin Schawinski (GalaxyZoo.org), Matthew Shindell (UCSD), Jon Wiley, moderator (Google)
Description:
Broad access to vast amounts of raw data, along with ever more powerful tools, have given everyday people the ability to make significant contributions to scientific inquiry and enrich our understanding of the Universe. See how passionate amateurs are addressing the fundamental questions of our world.
Isaac Weinhausen
on 22/10/08
This reminds me of the piece WIRED just did about the end of the scientific method.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-07/pb_theory

-isaacw
David Freer
on 8/1/09
Also reminds me of the "Learning and Sharing" model of the Social Media Map- which shows how we all interact in our online conversations

http://organicpaidsearch.com/google-seo-blog/index.php/very-cool-social-media-map/

Essentially, looking at this map, you can see we are quickly becoming one big conversation...

-Dave
last minute
on 18/5/09
This will be a great panel.
Do it today!
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