Even more so in academia where there is a very engrained sense that research and discussion should happen behind closed doors. I can't imagine academics wanting to discuss their opinions too openly for fear of it coming back to damage their reputation later.
There's an increasing amount of it happening, but in a fairly decentralized way (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), organized around various researchers' blogs. Certain areas have slightly more centralized community-hub type discussion forums as well, like Lambda the Ultimate for programming languages research.
There's an increasing amount of it happening, but in a fairly decentralized way (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), organized around various researchers' blogs. Certain areas have slightly more centralized community-hub type discussion forums as well, like Lambda the Ultimate for programming languages research.