The problem of agency, in scientific research especially, but also in any field where the results of the questions asked have direct effects on businesses, is a

The problem of agency, in scientific research especially, but also in any field where the results of the questions asked have direct effects on businesses, is a hard problem. It will always be the case that those most interested in funding a given field of research will be biased towards a specific class of results. It becomes that much more difficult for lines of enquiry that touch on liability for causing economic harm to others.