JGWeissman comments on The Shabbos goy - Less Wrong

35 Post author: PhilGoetz 26 March 2010 04:16PM

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Comment author: JGWeissman 26 March 2010 05:22:50PM 2 points [-]

Apparently I gave the wrong impression that I was arguing that academic journals are evil.

I actually meant to challenge the idea that an academic institution charging for its services is evil, using academic journals as an example of institutions that currently do so and get away with it. Other examples include text book publishing and undergraduate tuition.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 26 March 2010 05:52:59PM *  1 point [-]

I assumed that was what you meant; so I explained why I still think academic journals are suspect.

I don't think either of us has a definition of "evil" that would support argument on this topic anyway.