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The entire field of physics seems to work this way and if anything, it's been thriving. You're right, it must never be able to work in practice and must just b

• eeeerrrr 15y ago
  I never said it can't ever work in practice. Either it will or it won't. But then again, I'm not the one who's calling to abolish a working system that has served science for decades.
  • loup-vaillant 15y ago
    There is a small detail however that probably warrants the abolition of this "working system that has served science for decades": thanks to the Internet, distribution costs are kinda non-existent now. And I tend to think that, where sharing costs you nothing, the socialist dream is quite possible.
    • cema 15y ago
      Let's just drop the word "socialist". There is nothing socialist about free exchange of ideas without an overseeing authority.
      • kragen 15y ago
        Many Socialists would disagree with you about that, although of course they'd like people to exchange more than just ideas.