[Irtalk] Why Is Science Behind a Paywall?

[Hilton Gibson]

The impact of this failure is “impossible to measure or put an upper bound
on,” Toni told us. “We don’t know what could have been created or solved if
knowledge wasn’t paywalled. What if Tim Berners-Lee had put the world wide
web behind a paywall. Or patented it?”

Advocates of open science present a strong case that the idolization of
publishing articles in journals has resulted in too much secrecy, too many
false positives, and a slowdown in the rate at which scientific discoveries
are made. Only by changing the culture and incentives among scientists can
a system of openness and collaboration be fostered.

*The Internet was created to help scientists share their research. It seems
overdue that scientists take full advantage of its original purpose.*

http://gizmodo.com/why-is-science-behind-a-paywall-504647165
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