Ancestors

Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-09 at 09:21

The stories behind out research are mostly hidden, since they are typically not part of the papers we write.

Could we include these creative background stories in a section of the research paper format, maybe just as online supplements?

What do you think?

[#]science #research #creativity

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Written by Benjamin Geer on 2025-01-09 at 09:27

@mrillig I would like this very much. I tried to do this with blog posts, but you're right, the paper doesn't link to the blog post. We're already seeing data published along with papers, so it makes sense to include stories, too.

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Toot

Written by Benoît Girard on 2025-01-09 at 09:32

@benjamingeer @mrillig Loooong time ago, in the context of the preparation of a EU grant proposal (that was not funded in the end), K. Gurney, G. Baldassarre, myself and others were discussing a related idea that, in computational model papers, we would need a "Honesty box" where we would:

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Descendants

Written by Benoît Girard on 2025-01-09 at 09:35

@benjamingeer @mrillig

• explain how we ended up with that particular model, including what were the unsuccessful ideas that we tested and discarded in the process of model design;

• which parts of the model are somehow accessory and there only for biological plausibility but do not really contribute to the final behavior of the model and which other parts are absolutely essential...

In summary: providing more context about the process of generating the model, and not only the final result of this process.

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-09 at 10:35

@BenoitGirard @benjamingeer This is also a great idea. I like it!

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