82: More janitors and fewer architects

We answer a listener question on the possible negative consequences of the open science movement—are things moving too quickly?

Links and things we discuss in the episode:

• We have a new logo, if you haven't already noticed...
• Contact us via our website form!
• Considering the potential downsides of open science
• Here come dat boi meme explination
• The dangers of open access by fiat
• The role of commercial entities in open science
• The “University of Oslo fancy Norway people-pay-taxes oil money bloody library”
• Dropping the success rate of grants to increase the quality of evaluation
• Reframing open science reform efforts to a mission of equity and fairness
• We don’t know the process behind university sexual harassment/misconduct investigations
• Does transparency even matter if people won’t follow up on problems?
• James' prediction: If someone starts a journal that ONLY does Registered Report, this will be very successful
• The milkshake duck tweet and an explanation
• Paul Roos and his “no dickheads” policy
• Linking DOIs
• We can't let edge case scenarios, which may not even play out, hobble progress

Other links

• [Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana)
• [James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
• [Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
• [Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)

Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

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Episode citation and permanent link
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, April 15) "More janitors and fewer architects" Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/7ZR9J

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