04-05-2020, 08:20 AM
The Principle of Gladness
To keep one’s data secret is a curse
upon a field of science– what is worse
than knowing something but withholding its
enabling facts and observations? Fits
to curves, conclusions, laws must rest on true
and replicable data all may view.
Real science cannot hide, but live and preach
that gladly would it learn, so gladly teach.
And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.
- Chaucer, "Canterbury Tales"
To keep one’s data secret is a curse
upon a field of science– what is worse
than knowing something but withholding its
enabling facts and observations? Fits
to curves, conclusions, laws must rest on true
and replicable data all may view.
Real science cannot hide, but live and preach
that gladly would it learn, so gladly teach.
And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.
- Chaucer, "Canterbury Tales"
Non-practicing atheist