>academics have very little incentive to make their rigorous research discoverable, much less accessible, to laymen This is sad but true. I wonder, in the end,

>academics have very little incentive to make their rigorous research discoverable, much less accessible, to laymen This is sad but true. I wonder, in the end, what is the purpose of the scientific journals where academic papers get published? Long ago I hoped that the purpose was to bring the knowledge created to all those who are interested. Why else would anybody publish anything if not to make it available to others. Then I discovered these journals are all paywalled. And in December the Elsevier vs Academia.edu incident happened. I find the situation disappointing. Knowledge created in academia should be available to everyone to the benefit of mankind. I think that is part of the academic spirit.