[rscho]

Look, I don't know what your personal experience is, but mine is that fabrication, or at least very optimistic interpretation of results is routine in most science shops. Many PIs actually spin up their PhDs results. This is so common nobody even talks about it anymore.

Yes, this has everything to do with capitalism. The optimal situation for science is when research institutions are surrounded by riches, i.e capitalism, but science is itself not too much constrained by money.

Capitalism does not reward honesty. It rewards ambition and greed. Today's universities faithfully reflect that.

[jsweojtj]

What fields are you drawing from in your personal experience?