[TheBigSalad]

And this encourages the people with integrity to quit.

[epolanski]

I wouldn't say they all quit, but they ultimately have to settle in less prestigious and less funded labs/universities.

I've met countless great scientists in Italy which were ultimately wasted as professors and achieved little as scientists.

I'm not saying that teaching isn't important, but it's a skill completely unrelated to being a good scientist, there's no overlap at all.

[mountainb]

There are so many other ways to make money that don't involve crime. And there are even many crimes that make more money that are far less harmful to society.