RE: How to fund open access journals from available sources

["D Anderson" <dh-anderson@corhealth.com>]

David Goodman's comments that "neither Phil nor I have any basis except
speculation and analogy for the effect on libraries. He is using the
possiblity of failure as a reason not to experiment," implies a belief
that game theory and other theories of human behavior do not apply to
David's scheme. Such theories are not speculation. They have proven their
validity over time.

It is speculation to assume that this scheme would be the one exception to
the rules. There's nothing wrong with experimentation But valid
experimentation is based on knowledge. The burden is to provide an
empirical basis for expecting that this scheme would succeed, despite
research conducted over many years showing otherwise.

The key to achieving a practical solution to the problem of access is to
base the solution on a body of knowledge pertaining to the issues
involved.

Dean H. Anderson
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