What you describe ("hostile science" ... nice phrase) is human nature. Why would we believe this wouldn't happen among scientists? Also, it's "chock-full" not

What you describe ("hostile science" ... nice phrase) is human nature. Why would we believe this wouldn't happen among scientists? Also, it's "chock-full" not "chuck full" (I had to look it up and I had another wrong answer for the correct spelling, so I thought it worth mentioning.)