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Royal Society Wants to Keep Science off Web

Posted by Zonk on from the at-least-leave-us-our-porn-and-conspiracy-theories dept.

truckaxle writes "Britain's national academy of science, The Royal Society, which publishes one of the world's oldest journals, Philosophical Transactions, has joined the debate of the publishing of scientific publications on the internet. In a article by the Guardian a spokesman for the Royal Society was quoted as saying: 'We think it conceivable that the journals in some disciplines might suffer. Why would you pay to subscribe to a journal if the papers appear free of charge?' They believe that internet publishing would harm the exchange of knowledge between researchers."

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  1. One thing to say to such thoughts by DJ_Tricks · · Score: 0, Troll

    suck my evolved male genitalia like a just recently legal high school drop adult film actress , female dogs in heat Translation: Suck my cock like a pornstar, bitches Thats what i have to say to stupid fucktards like that. The internet as we know it was founded for the direct purpose of sharing scientific information and findings. (besides for the direct communications of army bases around the world in case of a nuclear war)

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    "to be like god we make our own dolls to play with, but what does that make us, but dolls for god to play with?" Ikari,
  2. Research journals are so dry and complicated by mikapc · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't think researchers have anything to worry about allowing their articles to be freely available because due to their inherent dry and academic style no one but scholars, unwilling students, and the occasional phony intellectual will read them. Seriously I pity those non-scholar/professionals who choose to use their free time reading these journals.