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Yeah, I completely agree with all of that. But again, this is an economic problem. In a perfect world, we'd have an infinite fund for doing science and you cou

Yeah, I completely agree with all of that. But again, this is an economic problem. In a perfect world, we'd have an infinite fund for doing science and you couldn't publish a paper until your results were reproduced. But we live in a capitalist society where incentives are profit-driven (mostly). That's a reality regardless of whether you think it's good or bad.

buzzard1 5y ago
autoexec 5y ago
That's why we need strong regulation and oversight. We know humans are highly vulnerable to greed. We can't (and arguably shouldn't) change that. We can however put measures in place to limit the harm we do to ourselves because of it.