Daniela Tafani @dt@qoto.org

So true

Sembra un discorso pio, ma non lo è affatto. Padre Benanti sta paragonando la nostra situazione con i #SALAMI a una in cui il diritto è inefficace e vale lo ius necessitatis (vedi § 3 qui, a proposito del dilemma del carrello: https://btfp.sp.unipi.it/it/2022/11/la-prima-vittima/). Con i #SALAMI, siamo davvero in questa situazione, o c'è qualcuno che sta cercando di instillare nel pubblico - padre Benanti compreso - un falso senso di emergenza?

domani terrò un seminario all'università di #Pisa su invito delle prof. @mcp e #DanielaTafani

Siete a #Pisa? Siete tutti graditi:

@mcp @RenkeSiems

Yes, this seems to be a broader problem and it also worries me a lot. Also in Germany, the main funder, the @dfg_public , is openly flouting DORA/CoARA principles, e.g., by publishing pieces in which they tel grant applicnts where to publish:
https://www.laborjournal.de/rubric/hintergrund/hg/hg_23_10_03.php
(sorry, in German)

I have alterted both the DFG as well as DORA and CoARA about this very public violation.

@mcp @RenkeSiems @dfg_public

2. The DFG was at first silent about my complaint. Then they didn't reject one of my grant applications, no, but they cut it down so much that I can't do any of the experiments I applied for. They provided one sentence to justiofy the cuts: not enough papers in high-ranking journals.
It's like they're trying to send a message to those who demand adherence to their public policies...

@mcp @RenkeSiems @dfg_public

I'm not sure what is worse:

1. Neither DORA nor CoARA seem to be much concerned with such open violations of their rules and principles. From their replies to me, I got the impression they are just happy they exist and can pretend to do something, but they seem to have no concern at all about their effectiveness.

Cosmism is “pervasive in science fiction—seen in topics from space colonization to immortalism, superhumans, the singularity, & mind uploading.
Cosmism’s contribution to the TESCREAL ideology is a secular quasi-religion with an implied destiny—colonize Mars and then the galaxy, achieve immortality—that provides billionaires with justification for self-enrichment.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tech-billionaires-need-to-stop-trying-to-make-the-science-fiction-they-grew-up-on-real/

L'autodistruzione dell'#università italiana, ovvero perché alcune università del sud rischiano di chiudere: https://www.roars.it/perche-gli-atenei-del-sud-rischiano-di-scomparire/

Storia breve:

C'è una tragedia umanitaria senza precedenti in corso, che non vede solo chi si ostina a non vederla per secondi fini politici.

Il segretario generale dell'Onu richiama l'attenzione del consiglio di sicurezza su questa tragedia ai sensi dell'articolo 99 della carta delle Nazioni Unite.

Il direttore dell'OMS lo appoggia pubblicamente.

Un ministro israeliano chiama entrambi antisemiti.

Another utterly ridiculous statement: the Italian #ANVUR, which is appointed by the government and relies heavily on government and proprietary bibliometrics, would be an instance of responsible research assessment. Read this article and https://academic.oup.com/rev/advance-article/doi/10.1093/reseval/rvad035/7453621?login=false and to check whether the ANVUR has anything to do with "self-regulation and softlaw" see here: https://aisa.sp.unipi.it/taking-all-the-running-one-can-do-to-keep-in-the-same-place-anvurs-complicated-relationship-with-the-coara-agreement/

While the Italian university, in spite of #COARA, is not able to overcome proprietary and governmental bibliometric, the #Sorbonne University unsubscribes from the Web of Science (a.k.a. ISI or Clarivate Analytics). to work with #OpenAlex (and open data). https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/sorbonne-university-unsubscribes-web-science

4. Ma il pezzo forte dell'intervista è quando si dice che l'intelligenza artificiale renderà più efficiente il sistema.
governo australiano ha causato uno scandalo economico da 1,8 MILIARDI di $ australiani con sistema automatizzato del welfare, #INPS pensa di fare meglio?