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A Bubble Popper : Nature Genetics : Nature Research
A bubble popper (semantic assertions)
Here, inspired by the bubble-popping metaphor as much as by Popper himself, we propose a way in which research articles can become partially or wholly semantic publications. This means that a publication can state not only that the entire article is fit for the journal but also…
A New Semantic Similarity Based Measure For Assessing Research Publication’s Contribution
Added value as semantic distance across citations
Our hypothesis states that the added value of publication p can be estimated based on the semantic distance from the publications cited by p to the publications citing p.
Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits
In the dream we have the source of all metaphysics
Dreams.—In the dream, mankind, in epochs of crude primitive civilization, thought they were introduced to a second, substantial world: here we have the source of all metaphysic. Without the dream, men would never have been incited to an analysis of the world. Even the…
Hypotheses, Evidence And Relationships: The Hyper Approach For Representing Scientific Knowledge Claims
Epistemic value of nanopublications
What remains problematic is that even if we were to have a perfect representation of phrases into triplets, this collection of sentences still do not answer the question ‘what does p53 activate?’ An important omission of this representation is that we get no grip on the…
James Lovelock Reflects On Gaia's Legacy : Nature News & Comment
Peer review shouldn't be used on larger topics
A 1984 rejection letter from Nature of your paper outlining the Gaia hypothesis is displayed in the exhibition. What do you think of peer review — is it necessary? Well, as far as I’m concerned, I don’t have any peer review. But I don’t think it is practical to get rid of it…
The Functional Art: An Introduction To Information Graphics And Visualization
Importance of presenting data clearly
Here’s the lesson I learned from this exercise: In just three or four hours of work, I completed a personal project that allowed me to see the evidence supporting Matt Ridley’s discussion on the evolution of fertility. His hypotheses seem to have some basis after all. But if…
The Lean Startup (Eric Ries)
The value hypothesis
The two most important assumptions entrepreneurs make are what I call the value hypothesis and the growth hypothesis. The value hypothesis tests whether a product or service really delivers value to customers once they are using it. What’s a good indicator that employees find…
The growth hypothesis
For the growth hypothesis, which tests how new customers will discover a product or service, we can do a similar analysis. Once the program is up and running, how will it spread among the employees, from initial early adopters to mass adoption throughout the company? A likely…
Leap-of-faith assumptions and the minimum viable product
To apply the scientific method to a startup, we need to identify which hypotheses to test. I call the riskiest elements of a startup’s plan, the parts on which everything depends, leap-of-faith assumptions. The two most important assumptions are the value hypothesis and the…