The incentives are wrong in the first place. People are judged based on number of papers published to prestigious journals, and demoted when they don't have qua

The incentives are wrong in the first place. People are judged based on number of papers published to prestigious journals, and demoted when they don't have quarterly positive results, and given promotions and financial boosts accordingly. People attempting to reproduce past results for verification get little to no reward. This incentive structure is in direct contradiction to honesty and real science.