[open-science] open access perils? (#RIP @aaronscwarz)

Matthew Brett matthew.brett at gmail.com
Sat Jan 12 20:59:34 UTC 2013


Paola,

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Matthew!
>
>> I don't believe I'm discounting serious wrongdoings by Assange. I
>> realize that some people do discount the faults of people who agree
>> with them.  It also very often happens that - to quote Aaron Swartz -
>> "It’s always easier for people to blame the victim". [1].  This is
>> what is called the "just-world hypothesis" [2], and it is very ugly
>> when you see it working.
>
> Thank you for being Aaron's voice in this thread :-)
>
> he lives on

Thank you, very much, for that thought.

Matthew




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