Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Everyday people (citizen) science platforms, do they exist? (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Loren Chorley on Monday May 07, 2018 @01:02AM

Loren Chorley writes: Reading about a new surge in the trend for citizen science (see link) I was intrigued by the idea and wondered if there are websites that do this in a crowd sourced and open sourced manner. I know sites like YouTube allow people to show off their scientific experiments. But they don't facilitate uploading all their data or linking studies together to draw more advanced conclusions, or making methodologies like you'd see in academia straight forward and available through a simple interface. What about rating of experiments for peer review, revisions and refinement, requirement lists, step by step instructions for repeatability, ease of access and simple language for people who don't find academia accessible? Does something like this exist already? Do you, Slashdot, think this is something useful, or that people are interested? Or would the potential for fraud and misinformation be too great?

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What would a constructed language have to be to replace English? 8

Submitted by Loren Chorley on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @06:52AM

Loren Chorley writes: This idea has fascinated me for a long time and I'd like to start a project with some of my own ideas and anyone who's interested. Though I'd really like to hear what the Slashdot community thinks on the topic first. Not necessarily is it possible, because it's highly unlikely, but rather if it were to happen, what would that language have to be and have to have. More specifically: How could the language be made as easy as possible to learn coming from any linguistic background? How could interest in the language be fostered in as many people as possible? What sort of grammar would you choose and why? How would you build words and how would you select meanings for them, and why? What sounds and letters (and script(s)) would you choose and why? How important is simplicity and brevity, and why? How important are aesthetics and what makes a language aesthetic? What other factors could be important to consider and what other things would you like to see in such a language?

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