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[โ€“] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 34 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

IHMO: All science should be freely accessible, free as in freedom and price.

The more eyes can actually see something and find flaws, the better. There is no such thing as institutional credibility. Everyone makes mistakes and it takes everyone to find them, even more so the more complex something is. Leech publishers are not only problematic because they prohibit access, but also because they make real science considerably harder.

[โ€“] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 19 minutes ago)

IHMO: All science should be freely accessible, free as in freedom and price.

Taxpayers pay $13B/yr worldwide to the private publishing industry, for content they cannot read.