Hasn't science almost always been driven by exactly those things? There seem to be so few examples of someone doing science for sciences' sake. At the end of th

Hasn't science almost always been driven by exactly those things? There seem to be so few examples of someone doing science for sciences' sake. At the end of the day, they're still humans and will vie for position and power, and if it can't be via money, it'll be via peer recognition and accolades.