Perplexed comments on Costs and Benefits of Scholarship - Less Wrong

40 Post author: lukeprog 22 March 2011 02:19AM

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Comment author: MBlume 23 March 2011 11:53:22PM *  5 points [-]

I've spent quite a bit of money on scholarship: on gas for trips to a university library so I can download papers from behind the paywall,[...]

This is, of course, obviously and objectively evil (or about as close as it's possible to get). Any LWers care to start a Scholars Bay?

(or at least some private IRC channel where LWers with paywall keys can share them with those without)

Comment author: Perplexed 24 March 2011 12:20:16AM 1 point [-]

This is, of course, obviously and objectively evil.

I agree, but many do not.

Rather ironic. A book about ethics and super-intelligence.

Comment author: MBlume 24 March 2011 12:24:05AM 0 points [-]

Interesting. I realize this is a common requirement and is often assumed, but did that call specifically exclude papers which had already been submitted to a free repository?