Then you don't understand modern (last 50y) academia. It rewards gatekeeping, turf-guarding, outsider exclusion, shunning changes and bible thumping. Its the

Then you don't understand modern (last 50y) academia. It rewards gatekeeping, turf-guarding, outsider exclusion, shunning changes and bible thumping. Its the reason that there have not really been any revolutionary advancements in a long time. Everyone is hyper focused on guarding their own expertise and writing papers to "prove" it. Even if it is not necessary and most of the time no one except a reviewer will ever read the XXXXth paper on a slightly different version of a topic that has been covered a million times. The work is as immaculate as it is pointless.