OA finally reveals itself to be incompatible with academic freedom?https://twitter.com/jeroenbosman/status/1017046127638654977 …
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Yes, I think there are issues with funders/governments overly directing what research takes place.
To be clear: you're saying that grant agencies violate researchers' academic freedom because they evaluate what questions the researchers propose to work on?
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No, I am saying that governments have been seeking too much control over the research process. It is a difficult path to tread and get the balance right. But the nightmare scenario is Lysenkoism. How much control do you want the Trump administration to have over science?
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Your argument was that (a) academic freedom means freedom to choose where to publish; and (b) grant agencies are threatening that. I pointed out that (c) academic freedom certainly means freedom to choose what to work on, but that people commonly interpret that to mean...
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