# Summary of IRC Log from #hplusroadmap (Feb 20, 2016)

• A discussion about DOIs and scientific gatekeeping referenced an article "Now I am become DOI: destroyer of gatekeeping worlds" which argues that treating peer review and DOIs as markers of scientific quality may be counterproductive to scientific progress by making readers less likely to critically evaluate evidence.

• The article highlighted how researchers can artificially inflate their academic profiles by assigning DOIs to blog posts through services like The Winnower and FigShare, potentially gaming citation metrics and h-index calculations on platforms like Google Scholar.

• A link was shared to a Technology Review article about government efforts to develop high-fidelity brain-computer interfaces, indicating ongoing interest in advanced BCI technology.

• A resource from GitHub was shared about making scientific code citable, suggesting discussion about improving reproducibility and citation standards in computational research.

• Concerns were expressed about Bostrom/Sandberg/Shulman's influence on misunderstandings about genetic engineering, with reference to Gwern's article on embryo selection, indicating ongoing debates about the representation of genetic engineering concepts in transhumanist discourse.