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If academics cannot get together to fix a model so absurdly broken their problem solving capabilities come into question. They had access to the Internet befor
by throw2016 9y ago
If academics cannot get together to fix a model so absurdly broken their problem solving capabilities come into question.
They had access to the Internet before the general public, they would have realized the ridiculousness of the journal model decades ago. You can't always be a victim.
- HaoZeke 9y agoYou forget that before the internet, paper publishing was a thing and that actually cost money. Moreover most scientists are not tech savvy.
- Tomminn 9y agoThis at first made me angry, but on reflection I think you're basically right. I think it's because modern academia lacks the slack in the system that is necessary to solve these kinds of problems.