DTLR does not recommend responding to this solicitation. Until AAAS is prepared to dedicate an equal amount of resources to cleaning up Science's own house - by working to reform the perverse incentive system for scientific research, and improve its reproducibility - the above solicitation is nothing but a self-serving propaganda effort. AAAS, as publisher of Science, the nation's leading general science journal, has a particular responsibility here, and Holt claims to be its Executive Publisher. Will Science proceed to make the distinction between exploratory and confirmatory research, as its previous Editor envisioned? In the midst of the crisis on reproducible research, discussed at length on this blog, how much longer will Science deserve the public's trust and support?
See also this post by Sabine Hossenfelder. I have disagreed with her in the past, but this time I'm 100% on board.
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