Only an idiot non-scientist would think like that.
Scientists are not ALL evil conspirators bilking the public money gravy train. I've worked with more of them than most people here (100's) and have yet to meet one who was truly evil money scammer.
yes they apply for funding but all the ones I know would be appalled at the thought of lying on research for personal gain, and be horrified at the thought of public humiliation they would suffer if found out.
The ones we hear about (globull warming) ARE bought and paid for government lefties, not taken seriously by anyone except the libtard media.
Hey, I've worked with scientists who didn't think they ought to pay full postage on nonpresorted mailings ~ where they got caught and had to come up with a big deficiency.
My discovery is simplicity itself ~ scientists come in two flavors ~ "political scientists" (and you know who they are), and "scared scientists" who discover they need to pay unbidden bills.
All of them act the same way and tell the same convenient lies they imagine will get them off the hook.
Well doggone if those lies don't work. The bill collectors always know eh!
The truth is every scientist of whatever stripe likes to get paid. University of Maryland had a program it was managing for the Department of Energy that paid $50 a month to former USSR scientists so they'd stay in Russia and not sell out to the Iranians. As things settled down the cost increased and I don't know where that program is at this time, but when it gets down to income scientists are human. But you already know that or you wouldn't be trying to convince me they adhere to a higher morality. That's just total BS.