michael_nielsen

OA finally reveals itself to be incompatible with academic freedom?https://twitter.com/jeroenbosman/status/1017046127638654977 …

What's this have to do with academic freedom? Academic freedom is a condition of employment, not of grants. There have always been restrictions on grants. Eg: grants typically don't give ppl complete discretion to decide what to work on. Doesn't mean they violate academic freedom

Okay. But that's simply not how "academic freedom" is usually construed.

If you want to make this argument, then you're also making the argument that grant agencies have long violated academic freedom by exercising veto rights over what researchers investigate.

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?

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?