Well if you put it that way
an electronic media that combines the entire planet's content into a digestible structure and provides people with the opportunity to learn it and discuss it couldn't possibly be used for advancing science!
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..wil, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:13,
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Mudface (below) makes a good point - there are plenty of "amateur" scientists out there
see also "galaxy zoo" www.galaxyzoo.org/
But again, the ultimate value is derived from the sum product of many contributors. The "free thinkers" tend to be the over-unity machine inventors and the ilk.
I also use the knowledge collecting power of the 'net for many things from fixing my car to getting soup recipes.
On top of that, ARPANET was originally developed for scientist to collaborate, and the end result: Nyan Cat.
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P-MONKE We're all fucked, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:35,
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