David Shatto Says...

By sb admin on January 23, 2009.

"Citizen science" should be a part of science's "rightful place" in society:

http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/guest-column-a-new-kind-of-b…

"There is another way to extend our scientific reach, and I believe it can also restore some of what is lost in the process of centralization. It has been called Citizen Science, and it involves the enlistment of large numbers of relatively untrained individuals in the collection of scientific data.

"Perhaps the new administration, which has already proven itself so skilled in using the Internet to coordinate broad networks of volunteers, ought to consider a national initiative in Citizen Science. It would provide us with timely data, and it would make us better citizens."

See the "Citizen Science Projects" blog for examples: http://citizensci.com

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