Not just in science! The arms race between bullshit artists, finding shortcuts to extract resources "for free" using the right spin, and the rest of the societ

Not just in science! The arms race between bullshit artists, finding shortcuts to extract resources "for free" using the right spin, and the rest of the society, is as old as world. This is even more pronounced in business: selling dreams has always been the surest way to profit. Who wouldn't want to believe the solution has been found and is easy and cheap? Note that there's no "fixing" this optimization arms race. Not even in principle—it's a core feature of Nature. Shortening the path between resource generation and resource consumption helps, the gradients are simpler and quicker to adapt. Keeping the rights and responsibilities closely tied, essentially. Science is certainly out of whack, with its reliance on a super complicated system of wealth redistribution and taxation (people who pay have no say).