Your point is a bit inflammatory, but it's at least actionable. If what you're saying is indeed true, then we're not looking at a technical problem; we're looki

Your point is a bit inflammatory, but it's at least actionable. If what you're saying is indeed true, then we're not looking at a technical problem; we're looking at a social problem. Social problems cannot be solved by technical solutions. Not directly, at least. During my PhD, I worked on a system whose idea was essentially to make the process of getting to the raw data from the figures easy. Scientists would be hooked by the ability to quickly create data analysis one-off scripts, but the system also kept track of the data (and the scripts required to get to the data) transparently, so it was as easy to create a "reproducible figure" than it was to create a "figure". Think 'integrated, transparent version control for data analysis and visualization'. It works well, and some people like it. But the social problem remains: you really want network effects to kick in.