redsand comments on Or Library Genesis

I don't understand why you're getting downvoted. You're not wrong. Sci-Hub focuses on academic journal articles, which are a pretty novel phenomenon. The first journal was created in the 17th century, and journals didn't become the primary medium for publications until well into the 19th century. I wouldn't say academia is "biased" per se, but it's true that the academic publishing business is heavily dominated by western companies.

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[–] SpicyAnt@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

I think both statements are true - not all knowledge is recorded by academia, and academia is heavily western biased.

What I suspect is that the down-votes are because the first user was using hyperbole to make a positive comment about our ability to archive these documents and their value. The response points out something that is evident - obviously academic papers do not hold all human knowledge - and shifts the conversation into a not so casual topic of western biases. This sudden shift of the conversation from friendly-casual to geopolitical with little motivation can make some users upset.

OR, as the other person suggested, maybe the mention of 'western bias' is enough to trigger some.

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