The issue is that policy is being established based on studies that are either very badly designed or in many cases outright fraudulent, often with devastating

The issue is that policy is being established based on studies that are either very badly designed or in many cases outright fraudulent, often with devastating consequences. Like many things, research is often spoiled by human nature. Researchers want to prove their hypothesis so desperately that they’re willing to do whatever it takes to make that hypothesis true. Perverse incentives are everywhere in the research world.