the downvotes are due to the bullshit “bias” claim.
let’s you know they’re a tankie…
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rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoI don’t understand why you’re getting downvoted. You’re not wrong. Sci-Hub focuses on academic journal articles, which are a pretty novel phenomenon. The first journal was created in the 17th century, and journals didn’t become the primary medium for publications until well into the 19th century. I wouldn’t say academia is “biased” per se, but it’s true that the academic publishing business is heavily dominated by western companies.
9bananas@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
Ah yes, I’m a tankie because I acknowledge the fact academia is dominated by the west? And therefore western epistemologies are favoured.
I hope people stop using tankie as a meaningless word like in this case. And actually for its original meaning, which is so called “communists” who support the brutal repression of states like the soviet union and china. Which I do not.
jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Or a postmodernist, or someone who knows their history? Or are you conna tell me the Ethiopian view is as represented as the English one?
SpicyAnt@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
I think both statements are true - not all knowledge is recorded by academia, and academia is heavily western biased.
What I suspect is that the down-votes are because the first user was using hyperbole to make a positive comment about our ability to archive these documents and their value. The response points out something that is evident - obviously academic papers do not hold all human knowledge - and shifts the conversation into a not so casual topic of western biases. This sudden shift of the conversation from friendly-casual to geopolitical with little motivation can make some users upset.
OR, as the other person suggested, maybe the mention of ‘western bias’ is enough to trigger some.