A Lament

Quotation from an article by Alexander Campbell in the Online section of the Guardian, 3rd August 2000

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Oddly, although the internet started life as a network connecting research institutions, very little independent science information is available. Oddly, because science depends on the full and free exchange of information: the isolated scientist is rare beyond the shores of Doctor Moreau’s Island or the grounds of Castle Frankenstein. But publication in a peer reviewed journal is the scientific mark of quality, and publishing on the internet rather than the scientific mainstream is viewed as unnatural, the province of fringe scientists, charlatans, and flat earthers.

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