<div dir="ltr">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?â€<br><br>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.<br><br><b><font color="#ff0000">The Internet was created to help scientists share their research. It seems overdue that scientists take full advantage of its original purpose.</font></b><div><br><a href="http://gizmodo.com/why-is-science-behind-a-paywall-504647165">http://gizmodo.com/why-is-science-behind-a-paywall-504647165</a></div></div>