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The Journal of Brief Ideas
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On the encouraged use of Brief Ideas #124

Closed samuell closed 3 years ago

samuell commented 9 years ago

I have seen the service being called "patent trolling, but for scientific purposes". I think there is a possible risk that the site could be used that way. On the other hand, I also see that it could be a perfect medium for "brainstorming" around great ideas.

Thus, are you planning on some way to actively encourage "brainstorming like" usage pattern, as opposed to something like a "patent trolling" one?

physicsdavid commented 9 years ago

I hadn't actually seen the "patent trolling" comment but I see the point. Fortunately, there is no real way to monetize the publishing of an idea in the same way as patent trolling so it doesn't quite follow perfectly. (Yes, I see the ways in which it does, however.)

We are definitely encouraging brainstorming, such as through our project with the Perimeter Institute "Convergence" conference ( http://briefideas.org/convergence ) which is all about brainstorming. But if you have specific suggestions about better ways to encourage this, please so let us know!