the Journal of Citizen Science and Working Memory
Part of the Generous Technology Program
Scientific Consensus
Scientific consensus represents the prevailing judgment, position, and opinion of the majority—or supermajority—of scientists within a given field at any given time. This principle applies across all disciplines of the natural and social sciences, shaping the content and boundaries of the human noosphere—the sum of all usable knowledge known to humankind.
The full breadth of human knowledge is vast, almost beyond comprehension. Yet, it can be envisioned as a murmuration—an intelligent, dynamic assembly capable of collective action.
The Digital Citizen Research Scholarship enhances the ability of both leading scientists and the general public to coordinate and employ reliable collective knowledge— fostering the testing, documentation, interpretation, and application of new knowledge.
Scholarships are awarded to libraries and third places that host digital citizen researchers for a month-long workshop on the scientific method. At the program’s conclusion, each researcher submits a formal study on a subject of their choice. Successful researchers receive a portion of allocated scholarship funds.
In addition to scholarships and workshops, NTARI’s Forge Lab will develop the Journal of Citizen Science and Working Memory—a peer-to-peer review network dedicated to digital scientific dialog