A cynical view - alas it captures the truth. It is very easy to point fingers, to blame it on funding, blame it on journals, blame it on media, but in the end:

A cynical view - alas it captures the truth. It is very easy to point fingers, to blame it on funding, blame it on journals, blame it on media, but in the end: - scientists decide who gets funded - scientists decide who gets published - scientists make exaggerated claims in the media The source of the problem is the scientists, not understanding the damage they are doing to themselves. I do foresee downvotes, because scientists do not like this idea at all :-)