• ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
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    17 天前

    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.

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      17 天前

      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.

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      17 天前

      Everyone makes mistakes

      Except psychopaths who know their claim is garbage but lie through their teeth to get it published. That’s not a mistake, that’s corruption.

      • ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
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        17 天前

        Nah, real science starts with a conclusion and then works backwards to find evidence for said conclusion. I think it is a more modern approach. Instead of validating reality, we are validating feelings.