> it becomes an ego trip for some scientists who like to overstate their results I think you're looking at this the wrong way - while some scientists might ind

> it becomes an ego trip for some scientists who like to overstate their results I think you're looking at this the wrong way - while some scientists might indeed be doing it for the "ego trip," the vast majority are just trying to avoid being swallowed whole by the vicious academic research environment. Reaching the position of tenured professor at a major research university is extremely challenging. Now, I'm not suggesting that what they're doing is right. I'm just saying that one needs to dig further to find the root causes of these problems.