[mxcrossr]

I think the author just has a complaint about the scientific process (and believe me, all scientists do…) and is trying to fit this topic to that complaint. I doubt that it’s helpful. If we think there aren’t enough safeguards about this kind of research, I think the solution is to restrict funding, not to assume that changing the research incentive structure would stop it.

[Imnimo]

One might accuse the author of playing a game of his own, where his writing is driven by a desire to get clicks rather than a desire to communicate factually...