This, in some part, is due to a large failing in the scientific community, namely the lack of reproduced studies. In the system we currently have, already starv

This, in some part, is due to a large failing in the scientific community, namely the lack of reproduced studies. In the system we currently have, already starved for money, we fail to properly reproduce the findings of others. Most researchers are more concerned with their own findings than that of their colleagues, and when grant money is scarce, perhaps they are right to be. There is a lot of bad science out there (as well as the outright fraud), but this shouldn't be used for an argument that science should be less funded or what have you. Instead, it should be used as valid argument to better fund and bolster reproducibility initiatives (such as validation.scienceexchange.com and others)