Always follow the money.
True, but there are multiple factors involved, including just plain old ego. Like other areas in society celebrity has become part of science. Discovering something new or ‘cool’ makes one a rock star of sorts in science. The highest profile journals don’t decide what to publish just on the basis of whether or not the science is good. They give heavy consideration to the ‘coolness’ factor of the research. If it’s not dramatic, they don’t want it. That is bad policy as it leads to overstatement and over-interpretation of data.
Yup. With so much research being conducted within our universities the pressure to obtain grant money has never been greater. As the article makes clear, too many researchers are more interested in finding money than they are with finding the truth. This causes them to do things that guarantee the desired outcome and place their findings under suspicion. 95% of research today is meaningless.
No organization is more guilty of this than the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
I was in ocean research for many years. Worked for DoC.
People do not want to know the truth of which you speak, but I will personally testify to it.