> So what incentives are there for a scientist or engineer to aspire to be wise given the lack of prizes and career rewards for wisdom? If everything comes dow

> So what incentives are there for a scientist or engineer to aspire to be wise given the lack of prizes and career rewards for wisdom? If everything comes down to incentives at the end of the day, it defeats any sense of morality. Perhaps that's the author's point here. The wise scientist/engineer does what they believe is right and the rest is history. In their attempt for doing what's right, they may accidentally create their best work. This overall reminds me of the search for the philosopher's stone. Where many ended up finding "philosophical gold(wisdom)" through the process of trying to find it and lead to their own individual magnum opus(great work). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher%27s_stone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher%27s_stone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterpiece https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterpiece