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freesciencenow

159 karma · joined April 20, 2010

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

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freesciencenow··on Most reported power laws lack statistical support and mechanistic backing
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.)

freesciencenow··on Little Exercise, Big Effects: Reversing Aging
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?

freesciencenow··on Little Exercise, Big Effects: Reversing Aging
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.)

freesciencenow··on Tiny Variation in One Gene May Have Led to Crucial Changes in Human Brain
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.)

freesciencenow··on A drug that can make your old memories like new
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 me know when my services are needed.

freesciencenow··on Protein that destroys HIV discovered
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 factually incorrect.
freesciencenow··on Protein that destroys HIV discovered
Paywalls for scientific research are evil.

http://209.20.67.195/misc/sastri-identification.pdf

(I intend to do this regularly; see bio.)

freesciencenow··on Anti-Cancer Agent Stops Metastasis In Its Tracks
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 paper is behind a paywall, both to help the discussion and as an act of civil disobedience. So I decided to create an account for this purpose.
freesciencenow··on Anti-Cancer Agent Stops Metastasis In Its Tracks
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