Of all the crazy parts of our crazy system, the craziest part is where taxpayers pay for the research, then pay private companies to publish it, and then pay again so scientists can read it. We may not agree on much, but we can all agree on this: it is time, finally and forever, to get rid of for-profit scientific publishers.

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[–] AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Here's a bit of how it got started.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Father of Ghislaine Maxwell, yes the Epstein one, had quite a lot to do with it, which sure bears mentioning!

Fuck "The Guardian" (no shade to you, commenter), Behind The Bastards did a competent 4-piece or something (for those who enjoy such a format) on the guy, and to a degree, the topic. Interesting - mostly, but oddly not all - bad stuff.

[–] cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 hours ago

I'm amazed and disgusted at how all roads lead to Mossad.