Responding to title only, and a little rant: No, scientists need to stop hand-waving away everything that's not their area as "trivial and not worth talking ab

Responding to title only, and a little rant: No, scientists need to stop hand-waving away everything that's not their area as "trivial and not worth talking about" because yeah, I've heard that exact line from three separate individuals. When I shrugged it off and still produced tools for them that shaved off a literal 1-2h out of their day and giving them more time to do the actually creative things... they were so overjoyed they forgot to say thanks and immediately proceeded to act as if the tools were always there. They were extremely careful not to show any attribution or even basic human gratitude. Would it kill them? Yeah, frak that crap. A lot of scientists become severely tunnel-visioned, arrogant, conservative, downright disrespectful, and very hard to work with. Pile the extremely subpar payment and you really have to just be a bored college kid (or an adult with a huge financial safety net with a passion for the area) to engage with those people in a professional setting at all. I won't go into details about why I think many are like that because frankly, even if I was 100% correct (and my analysis is not at all flattering) it still doesn't matter one bit. Lasting change comes only from within. Scientists should start holding each other to a higher behavioral and collegiate standards and expel those who don't comply. Peer pressure works but many are so independent and without any oversight that they gradually fall under the illusion that their insufferable quirks are a personality or a personal touch that helps them excel in their area (and it's often the case that they don't excel in it). Looking down on people because they don't know your extremely niche physics research -- that has zero experiments attached to it, by the way -- is not helping your cause with people who usually get a lot of money AND respect AND a better working environment for actually improving your workday. In most cases these people will of course go where they are at least not looked down upon.