I suspect it’s more to do with the publish or perish and funding dearth combination.
Departments need a blockbuster discoveries just to stay open, it’s obvious where the incentive goes.
Also, none of the underlings will ever think of questioning - let alone reviewing - the results. Their career, their debt repayment plans, their income would be railroaded the moment they stop to think at what they’re doing.
In this Mad Max scenario who’s going to make science and who’s just coasting in survival mode?
Departments need a blockbuster discoveries just to stay open, it’s obvious where the incentive goes.
Also, none of the underlings will ever think of questioning - let alone reviewing - the results. Their career, their debt repayment plans, their income would be railroaded the moment they stop to think at what they’re doing.
In this Mad Max scenario who’s going to make science and who’s just coasting in survival mode?