In 1942, sociologist Robert Merton described four norms of ideal scientific research: Communalism, Universalism, Disinterestedness, and Organized Skepticism. 

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Communalism refers to the collective ownership and sharing of scientific knowledge and discovery. 

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Universalism acknowledges that anybody can contribute to scientific advancements and collective knowledge.

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Disinterestedness argues for the pursuit of scientific research in the interest of scientific discovery alone.

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Organized skepticism means the scientific community should scrutinize the merit of all scientific research.

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All put together, science is among our greatest problem solvers.

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About CUDOS.science

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Danny Hobrock, MPH, founded CUDOS.science to chronicle science's capacity for problem solving. Danny combines a professional background in writing and digital marketing with an academic background in epidemiology to deliver thoroughly researched tales of some of science's biggest success stories.