How are newspapers and society affecting the breeding of scientists? From personal experience I can tell you that getting press coverage more often than not da

How are newspapers and society affecting the breeding of scientists? From personal experience I can tell you that getting press coverage more often than not damages your career. Scientists are regarded as successful if they get funding for their employer. That means publishing papers. Being "interesting" tends to lead you down paths with significantly more risk, and the pressure is to reduce that risk by being plodding and incremental.