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		germanier on Feb 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sci-Hub: Removing barriers in the way of science What's the practical difference between getting any paper you need from the authors and getting any paper you need from such a website? Except much more work for anyone in the former case without any benefit.

lambdaelite on Feb 13, 2016 [–]

Practically speaking, none I can think of. But I completely disagree that the networking aspect has no benefit.

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