Re: [Air-L] Researchers as new eyes on public data

the question in my mind hinges on the question as to whether we assign capacities and processes to researchers that cannot be found in the population in general to some significant degree, even if those capacities and processes are foregone. in short are the capacities and processes/practices of research privileged or exceptional in some way. if they are, then perhaps we could differentiate effects on the basis of that difference, but personally, given the number of people in the world that can do exactly the same types of things... i'm not sure we can make any valid differentiation.