JoshuaZ comments on Knowledge is Worth Paying For - Less Wrong

45 Post author: lukeprog 21 September 2011 06:09PM

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Comment author: SilasBarta 22 September 2011 02:52:52AM *  2 points [-]

Undergrads typically need the physical textbook, not just an electronic one, for example to use in an open book test. (Though I was mainly trying to smuggle in a mention of a pirate site that does cater to autodidacts ...)

Comment author: JoshuaZ 22 September 2011 03:01:14AM *  2 points [-]

Many classes don't have open book tests. This is especially true outside the sciences. The market is still much much larger than that for research papers.