[WikiEN-l] Does openness dull the bleeding edge?

[David Gerard]

On 31/08/06, charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
<charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "David Gerard" wrote

> > OTOH, I've often wondered if setting up an academic wiki would be
> > something to attract people.

> The concept is probably sound. The trouble would be that academia values (over-values, we might say) the expert in a strictly delimited area. So where would the good syntheses come from?


Other academics!!

arXiv.org is reputed to perform a useful role. How's it look from your
view as an academic mathematician?


- d.