IHMO: All science should be freely accessible, free as in freedom and price.
Taxpayers pay $6B/yr worldwide to the private publishing industry, for content they cannot read.
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ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
stelelor@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
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 4 months ago
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.
AppleTea@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Nah, science has always worked like that. This is what peer review is for.
What’s better than finding evidence that proves your own preconceived notions? Finding evidence that contradicts someone else’s. Schadenfreude is the great engine of scientific progress.