doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2014.08.005.
Epub 2014 Oct 6.
Scientific rigor through videogames
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Scientific rigor through videogames
Trends Biochem Sci.
2014 Nov.
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Abstract
Hypothesis-driven experimentation - the scientific method - can be subverted by fraud, irreproducibility, and lack of rigorous predictive tests. A robust solution to these problems may be the 'massive open laboratory' model, recently embodied in the internet-scale videogame EteRNA. Deploying similar platforms throughout biology could enforce the scientific method more broadly.
Keywords: RNA design; crowdsourcing; high-throughput experiments; reproducibility; transparency; videogame.
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