Like all human systems, you get what you optimize for. Universities want paid grants for money and prestige, so the that's what the researchers go find. I've s

Like all human systems, you get what you optimize for. Universities want paid grants for money and prestige, so the that's what the researchers go find. I've said this before on here but the solution to this problem is the universities like Harvard and foundations like RWJ which have near infinite money and don't need to operate like this. They need to push forward real research that is reproducible (maybe several times) and shows whatever the data really shows. The researchers who create reproducible studies get bonuses. Again, you get what you optimize for.