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From: CAH0@gte.com (Chuck Hoffman)
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Subject: Re: Research viruses
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keir@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Rick Keir, MACC) writes:
> I can count the number
> of legitimate researchers I know of on one hand, and have fingers left
> over.

I'll bet I know which finger(s)!

I agree that "research" has become synonomous with "experimenting."
Someone who is trying something out, unsupervised, with no intention
of publishing, and with no go/nogo decision by peers with respect to
ethics, may be "experimenting," but hardly is doing "research" in the
sense that professional researchers use it.

I guess I might note the same about about the use of the term
"ethics."  Same thing.  Someone trying to understand the ethics of a
situation, but unsupervised, with no intention of publishing or a
go/nogo decision by peers, may be "deciding" about something, but
hardly is going through the process of ethics review in the sense that
professionals do.

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