Really, even without specialized equipment, science is expensive. And many scientists got into the field because they wanted to do their own work. Locking a la

Really, even without specialized equipment, science is expensive. And many scientists got into the field because they wanted to do their own work. Locking a lab that can't afford to fund an independent replication study out, or who isn't prominent enough to be able to rouse someone's attention to do it, would be disastrous for a lot of early career researchers.