A science manifesto, a thought-experiment on doing experiments, an exercise exploring possible futures for science and research.
It is run by Pablo Cárdenas, a grad student at MIT Biological Engineering.
Why does a grad student make a fake lab website?
- because scientists themselves are increasingly voicing and listening to critiques about the way science works, and the time is ripe to join the conversation
- because many of the problems identified can be solved by listening more closely to science trainees (and a broader audience in general)
- because not being in a head-of-lab position gives freedom to experiment without compromise
- because if trainees wait to be in a position where we can run our own labs, we may never get the chance to contribute our thoughts
- because I'd like to remind myself of these things if I do end up running anything in the future, so might as well remind everyone else
A print-friendly format of lab2 is available here.
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