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What comes after the paper? (headwatersblog.substack.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Nyssa@slrpnk.net to c/science@mander.xyz

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The paper has long been the primary medium of scientific discourse. But it seems unlikely that it represents the final format for scholarly publishing and discussion. This post explores the formats that might emerge to replace the traditional academic article, including community notes, interactive and multi-media figures, and adversarial collaborations.

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[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Now I’m curious what field someone named “sharkfucker420” would have a PhD in.

Computer science?

And I’d guess your subfield intersects with something more human focused like psychology or maybe more on the side of biomechanics

How far off am I?

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Unfortunately my sub field could make me identifiable so I will leave it at history. You were correct on the humanities front.

As a joke I wad tempted to say marine biology lol

[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The fun part about PhDs is that some of them are hella specific so we can come up with a really long name for a fake area of study and it still is somewhat believable.

It’s just difficult to combine all the parts of your username. The best I can think of rn is to say you got your degree in Costal Human Ecology by researching pharmacokinetics in relation to reproductive biology.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well there was that study of sexuality of dolphins on LSD...

[–] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

It seems there are many benefits to being a marine biologist