ResearchGate — Facebook for scientists

Via KurzweilAI.net –  I guess this idea was inevitable. It could be looked at as the latest upgrade to the original ARPANET ideal.

Researcher creates ‘Facebook for Scientists’
VentureBeat, Feb. 18, 2010

ResearchGate has built a social network of more than 250,000 researchers from 196 countries.

Over 1,000 subgroups have been formed for specific disciplines, and 60,000 research documents have been uploaded for sharing with others on the site
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