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Actually the issue is that we're currently paying for it twice. Once to fund the research, and then again to read the journal. The actual scientist doesn't get
by klipt 14y ago
Actually the issue is that we're currently paying for it twice. Once to fund the research, and then again to read the journal. The actual scientist doesn't get any part of the second cost; only the publishing company does.
- readme 14y agoI see. That is an excellent point. The internet is supposed to enable scientists to share this information for free (that's what it was for, right)
- czr80 14y agoWell, scientists do share information for free - they can, and do, just post it to their websites or a preprint archive like ArXiv.