Jonathan Heppner
Leiden University
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The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto
22 Nov 2022| By
Timothy C. Timothy C. May

A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy. Computer technology is on the verge of providing the ability for individuals and groups to communicate and interact with each other in a totally anonymous manner. Two persons may exchange messages, conduct business, and negotiate electronic contracts without ever...

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DeSci - Decentralized Science
10 Nov 2022| By
Jens Jens Ducrée,
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Sönke Sönke Bartling

Fundamental science and applied research and technology development (RTD) are facing significant challenges that particularly compound to the notorious credibility, reproducibility, funding and sustainability crises. The underlying, serious shortcomings are substantially amplified by a metrics-obsessed publication culture, and a growing cohort of academics fishing for fairly stagnant (public) funding budgets. This work presents,...

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10 Nov 2022| By
Frank Frank van Harmelen,
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Dirk Dirk Helbing

Modern science is a main driver of technological innovation. The efficiency of the scientific system is of key importance to ensure the competitiveness of a nation or region. However, the scientific system that we use today was devised centuries ago and is inadequate for our current ICT-based society: the peer...

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3 Nov 2022| By
Anya Anya Topiwala,
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Thomas E. Thomas E. Nichols

Moderate alcohol consumption is widespread but its impact on brain structure and function is contentious. The relationship between alcohol intake and structural and functional neuroimaging indices, the threshold intake for associations, and whether population subgroups are at higher risk of alcohol-related brain harm remain unclear. 25,378 UK Biobank participants (mean age 54.9 ±...

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28 Oct 2022| By
PIETER PIETER HUYCKE ,
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Tom Tom Verguts

Complex cognition requires binding together of stimulus, action, and other features, across different time scales. Several implementations of such binding have been proposed in the literature, most prominently synaptic binding (learning) and synchronization. Biologically plausible accounts of how these different types of binding interact in the human brain are still lacking. To this end,...

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