"Directly" is doing too much work. We pay researchers to research. Part of research is writing that work and submitting it. It is literally part of their job. I

"Directly" is doing too much work. We pay researchers to research. Part of research is writing that work and submitting it. It is literally part of their job. It is so much part of their job that we have a system in place to isolate them from day to day political worries and let them focus on big projects. > I am saying that there is nothing to suggest that spreading knowledge requires paying individuals... It doesn't. People publish things for free all the time. See your own example of research papers and open access journals.