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freesciencenow

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About freesciencenow

Paywalls for scientific research are evil.

I'm a regular HN reader who created this account for the purpose of posting papers under discussion publicly whenever it is behind a paywall. I do this both to help the discussion and as an act of civil disobedience.

Email me if you see something that needs freeing paywallsareevil@gmail.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #3609655

    Paywalls for scientific research are evil. Full text here: http://209.20.67.195/misc/powerlaws.pdf (See profile for why I do what I do.)

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    Comment #2871001

    As my profile says, "I do this both to help the discussion and as an act of civil disobedience." Was there something more you wanted to know?

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    Comment #2870657

    Paywalls for scientific research are evil. Here's the full paper: http://209.20.67.195/misc/littleexercise.pdf (See profile for why I do what I do.)

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    Comment #2558561

    Paywalls for scientific research are evil. Here's a copy of the paper: http://209.20.67.195/misc/lamc3.pdf (See my profile for why I do what I do.)

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    Comment #2289016

    Paper seems to be behind a paywall. I've copied the full version here: http://209.20.67.195/misc/memoryenhancement.pdf See my profile for why I do what I do. Please email me to let…

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    Comment #1629087

    While I didn't downvote him, I agree with the downvoters. His substantive claims about how the research/peer review system works -- upon which is entire argument is based -- are fa…

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    Comment #1627856

    Paywalls for scientific research are evil. http://209.20.67.195/misc/sastri-identification.pdf (I intend to do this regularly; see bio.)

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    Comment #1280316

    Yes, regular. However, I hope this isn't gonna be a throw-away login: I've done this before with my regular account, and plan to do it every time I see a link posted where the pape…

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    Comment #1278454

    As another comment mentioned, the full paper is subscriber-only. Paywalls for scientific research are evil. Do something people. Here: http://209.20.67.195/misc/nature08978.pdf