Bet their next step's gonna be to criminalize "pirated citations" or whatever, just so they can milk some more money out of poor students trying to write their theses
From what I remember, a lot of these scientific journalists are tired of their work being behind large paywalls. If you email them, I heard they would be glad to email you their research papers.
I've seen countless disturbing patterns in academia, cutting off legit research funding while granting others to "show" evidence of their corrupt reality.
I remember reading at some point about how many authors of papers such as this that are behind pay walls are actually happy to share them. Once I was trying to get an idea on the value of goods in the triangle trade, and saw an article on the value of ginger in like the 18th century.
Afraid I'm the first to point out in this platform that the article is not about open access but about excessive use of jargon in scientific papers. It is funny though :)
@flodebarre.bsky.social had already pointed it out but I suspect you guys are taking the joke too seriously. It’s neither about the content of the paper nor whether it is accessible at this time or not. It’s simply about the irony of discussing accessibility in an inaccessible article
I know, I was just seized by a sudden attack of mansplaining. Glad that somebody posted it before me! *shakes fist in @flodebarre.bsky.social general direction * 🫥
As to the underlying problem, these websites can help. Not all the time but still useful. Many sites, all start with "sci-hub" with various tlds - I suppose to avoid shutdowns
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F9gzQz1Pms
(see also DHOTYA)
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