It's sadly not too surprising because the incentives push for flashy stories and easy to understand narratives, and "studies show that people are selfish monste

It's sadly not too surprising because the incentives push for flashy stories and easy to understand narratives, and "studies show that people are selfish monsters that will backstab each other at the drop of a hat" gets a lot more attention than "most people are pretty good and prefer to cooperate". One gets the researcher a ton of attention and provides the basis for a cushy job and career, one probably gets buried 5 minutes after being published. Same reason we get so many studies making bold claims about other scientific topics, while the "no correlation" ones don't get much attention.