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Should leibniz, keppler, Einstein, newton, flemming, jenner papers should have been free?

Oh they were. And it is thanks to flemming that people stopped dying in atrocious ways over the world from gangrene.

Should citizens be able to access state of the art research about how to prevent vascular disease, dietetic, chemical pollution, effects of fracking, urbanisms to help them make good choices when voting? I do think so.

Because no vote exists without enlighten choices.

Chosing without relevant information on future choice that will impact every one require citizens that can have a constructed opinion. And experts are doing a poor job at being right. (look at the financial regulations made by experts and the long lasting crisis since 2000).

So yes, papers should be free to support the exercise of democracy.



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