Comment by themafia

> There's no need to permanently cripple someone's ability to progress their life or contribute to humanity

I don't think you need to publish on arXive to contribute meaningfully to humanity.

> That's punitive instead of rehabilitative.

Unfortunately science is competitive. Yours is a race to the bottom where the people who can afford the most expensive models and who are least concerned with the truth can publish the most papers and benefit financially and professionally by doing so. This is not a zero sum arena, grant money and opportunities will possibly be rewarded to them, and not to another team who is producing more careful and genuine output.