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Imagine being against sharing knowledge and advancing human progress.

• pimmen 7y ago
  It’s not that hard, I watched Captain Planet as a kid and I swear one of those villains did something similar.
• johannes1234321 7y ago
  The counter argument is that someone has to finance creation, review and distribution of knowledge. Of course Elsevier doesn't pay authors of papers, doesn't pay reviewers (but pays editors who coordinate) has to pay only little (especially compared to days of print magazines) for distribution.
  • steve19 7y ago
    In many, if not most, cases taxpayers, endowments or corporations fund the research. Elsevier just clips the ticket.
  • garmaine 7y ago
    Which means its not a counter argument.
    • ChristianBundy 7y ago
      Exactly, it's a talking point and I wish people would stop propagating it.