http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/health/policy/19nih.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
For scholars the Internet has been a godsend. It allows instant communication with colleagues around the globe, and makes tracking down published research a matter of seconds. But perhaps the greatest boon is the sheer quantity of readily accessible knowledge. Millions of journal articles are available online, enabling scholars to find material they never would have encountered at their university libraries. A recent study, however, suggests that despite this cornucopia, the boom in online research may actually have a "narrowing" effect on scholarship. The Internet's influence is to tighten consensus, posing the risk that good ideas may be ignored and lost - the opposite of the Internet's promise. Read more at:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/11/23/group_think/

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