Is Email Bad For Science?
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 14:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Scientists are addicted to email.It's difficult to dispute that statement, but is email good or bad for science?Superficially, it is easy to make the case that email is good for science. Email allows scientists all over the world to rapidly communicate with each other in ways that simply were not possible prior to the email era. In that way, email is an enabler of collaboration and data sharing. Email is also a far more concrete and even documentable method of communication compared to talking on the phone. Thus, in theory email should provide a basis for avoiding misunderstanding.So, ha, email is good for science...right?Not so fast.What is the case that email is bad for science? read more