Comment on new shadow library just dropped

• bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s a difference between the hear, and the now.

  But seriously, far too much of this publicly funded research is locked away behind high pay walls for no legitimate reasons.

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  • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    publicly funded research is locked away behind high pay walls

    Even though <1% of people would read it, the fact that it’s all there and not hidden would do a lot to dispel the hideous intersection between conspiracy theorists and anti-science sentiment that is now poisoning civic society.

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    • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      JFC what would it cost to pay researchers to review papers and have costs only be to cover those who want physical copies. Compare that number to the $75Billion for ICE specifically, between now and 2029

      $7.5 Million would probably cover it for the same period

      Think what the USA could have been

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But money!!!1

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