Obligatory Readings of the Day - competition vs cooperation in science

Four excellent, thought-provoking articles all in some way related to the idea of Open Science. One by Bill Hooker:

Competition in science: too much of a good thing

and three by Janet Stemwedel:

Clarity and obfuscation in scientific papers
Does thinking like a scientist lead to bad science writing?
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