Yes, its a social problem. The reason is because for biomedical sciences there are many more tangible levels of success - personal, professional, financial, com

Yes, its a social problem. The reason is because for biomedical sciences there are many more tangible levels of success - personal, professional, financial, commercial — to be had. Nobody is gonna win in astrophysics like they can win in the biomedical sciences. Therefore what you end up with is much more of a hairball, mutually assured destruction scenario.