With science, the profession and the product are distinctly different, and we are failing to hold the profession to the standards of the product. Science, the p

With science, the profession and the product are distinctly different, and we are failing to hold the profession to the standards of the product. Science, the profession, is political, incentive driven, and circumstantial. Scientists need to get paid. Science, the product, is apolitical, existential, and universal. So those who love and believe in the products of science may wish upon themselves to be these things also. I know I do. Except, sometimes it just ins't practical, or even possible. But repeatability actually matters more professionally. Scientifically speaking, if the science is bad it just won't work when others try to make use of it. All bad science will be identified or corrected as we try and make use of it and convert it into new technology. Technology mandates repeatability. So those scientists who fail to produce repeatable science, regardless of how professionally successful they may be, will inevitably fail to produce any new technology or medicine, and vice versa.