Dear Wizards,
Could somebody take a moment to explain this revelation to the “citizens” on the list, all one of me, so I won’t be completely out of it tomorrow morning at the Zoom meeting? Which of the things I have had faith in is downstream of this corrupt code. I assume this is all open source? What exactly IS the policing mechanism in open source. Darwinian? Reputational? Does this HAVE to provoke a crisis of confidence in the general public? Or could it be seen as a heroic thrown-together first step that is now being improved? Inquiring “citizens” want to know. God knows the general public HAS to know what science actually is. I am wondering, is primum non nocere a principle in science, as well as medicine? If not, then caveat emptor should be. But how do we “emptors” decide? N Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Roger Critchlow Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 6:44 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: [FRIAM] Meanwhile, back on the troll farms Looks like a concerted effort to discredit the ICL Covid simulation for lack of adequate unit testing, all in a github issue: https://github.com/mrc-ide/covid-sim/issues/165 Oh, of course, retract all policies based on it, too. via https://news.ycombinator.com/ -- rec --
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