Why Open Acces? Why not?

It seems that the natural order of things tends toward openness. Nature was open; it was man that built walls and roofs. Water flowed freely; it was man that built dams and bottled it. Knowledge was open; it was man that closed it.

But entropy can be a good thing. Because it means that barriers, organization, and other impediments to free interaction do not impose their will. And two atoms must first make contact before they can react, and in so doing, create something new.

So too goes for science and ideas. Hypotheses from disparate fields may have great potential if brought together, but when not given free reign and open access, lie idly to waste. And right now, we have the hydrogen and oxygen separated into two different compartments. Break down that wall, though, and we get the knowledge that is water.

Nathan