"We get away with it becuase we can be right for the wrong reasons—we mostly only try to prove things that are basically true." Apart from the replication cris

"We get away with it becuase we can be right for the wrong reasons—we mostly only try to prove things that are basically true." Apart from the replication crisis, the other crisis that is not really talked about is funding. Academic funding basically comes from one of 3 (connected) sources - government, corporations and the military. Somehow or other - these 3 sources have pretty much the same or non-conflicting aims. These aims relate to power and control. This is actually the largest crisis, IMO. Given that information, we can re-assess the quoted statement the author makes. Perhaps its not that they are proving things that are "basically true". Its that right or wrong do not matter. What does matter is that the answers provided meet the agenda of those funding the study. The answer is not that important as long as it is supportive of whatever agenda is in play. I believe this is the case for the replication crisis in science also. A replication "crisis" is only a crisis if you are attempting to achieve truth and greater understanding. But truth and understanding are only ostensible reasons, not the actual ones. What these studies are actually doing is creating a parallel construction - the aim is actually for studies to appear 'truthey', without actually being so. What studies should actual do is increase the funder's power, wealth extraction abilities, etc. If you doubt this and think that truth matters, consider this. Surely we should have cracked the best diet for people by now? But there is no common understanding of what is good or bad to eat - if anything there is more confusion. The reason of course, is that there's no money in recommending whole foods or whatever. However, there is money in drugs to make people 'better'. And money in making diet so confusing that people eat themselves into trouble. Anyway, if you are in the business of governing or monetising the masses, truth and understanding is the last thing you want. Far better to have a story that gives you control, or extracts money. Such is life under fascist governance (where fascist = corporation + governance working together).