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Sort of. Unless you go to a private university taxes go to the public schools to fun facilities and wages for the educators. While you may pay tuition, the overall cost of that education and the services needed for one to do research doesn’t come wholely out of your pocket.

Now I agree you should be compensated more, as someone who tried to get published academically and has filed patents I can see why there is a split of compensation.

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Deckname@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Wdym? Scientists usually don’t get paid to publish. The person you replied to, probably meant academic publishing as in:

Scientist does research and compiles manuscript, usually via public money, even in shithole countries like the US

Scientist submits manuscript to for profit journal

Journal outsources proofreading to other scientists, who do it for free

Manuscript is accepted or revised on scientists time and money

Scientist pays for publishing

For Profit journal either charges extra for “open” publication or charges scientist and other scientists for access, usually by agreements with the respective library

Profit! (On the journals part)

Where is the split of compensation? For patents there is, but for academic publishing usually not.
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- dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You also forgot how scientist is required to publish regularly to keep their job, and to find new jobs. So this process is far from optional.
  
  That aside, that was an excellent write up. You should publish that to a journal or something. 😏
  
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  - Deckname@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Thanks for the peer review!
    
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    cecilkorik@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I feel very educated from having all read this.
    
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idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
You are missing the point, it’s not about education, but publishing. Read about Elsevier, and how Aaron Swartz died

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