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Re:How Indian lawyers, scientists gave Sci-Hub its first leg... by dragonwriter on Monday September 20, 2021 @11:17AM (#28594730)
> It's subjective, but that doesn't make it nonexistent.

Yes, it does. Subjective assessments have no objective reality.

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Re:How Indian lawyers, scientists gave Sci-Hub its first leg... by JumpCrisscross on Monday September 20, 2021 @11:22AM (#28594779)
> Subjective assessments have no objective reality

Subjective assessments drive political preferences and policy, to say nothing of human relations and experiences.

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Re:How Indian lawyers, scientists gave Sci-Hub its first leg... by dragonwriter on Monday September 20, 2021 @12:06PM (#28595330)
Hallicinations of the expressed wishes of divine figures do that, too.

Still doesn't make those figures, or their wishes, real. Beliefs about fair prices exist, fair prices themselves do not.

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