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259 points the-mitr | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 04:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
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willgax ◴[28 Aug 25 06:11 UTC] No.45048979[source]▶
An individual scientist/researcher (most of them) is in pursuit of truth. Nothing matters, and nothing should matter other than that. For future discoveries, we should make knowledge as accessible as possible. But when an organization forms, it competes for power and superiority. This results in discriminatory actions that cause the overall regression of collective innovation. It is sad to see this happen.
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oneshtein ◴[28 Aug 25 09:49 UTC] No.45050279[source]▶
Scientists can reproduce the findings and publish their own paper, instead of pirating someone else work.
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FabHK ◴[28 Aug 25 10:36 UTC] No.45050528[source]▶
How do you reproduce a paper without having read it?
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1. oneshtein ◴[28 Aug 25 11:28 UTC] No.45050863[source]▶
Obviously, someone must buy the paper, reproduce it, compare with original work, and then publish result for free. Same thing as for free software: someone must by a computer, write a software, then publish it on github.
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2. ardfard ◴[28 Aug 25 11:51 UTC] No.45051023[source]▶
Publishing it on GitHub is optional; you can publish it anywhere accessible. And unlike these journals, it doesn't cost you anything to access free software. In fact, paywalling it makes it unfree.