Comment by jnxx

It more shows up a very serious problem with the incentives present in scientific research and a poisonous culture which obviously seems to reward malicious behavior. Science enjoys a lot of freedom and trust from citizens but this trust must not be misused. If some children playing throw fireworks under your car, or mix sugar into the gas tank, just to see how you react, this would have negative community effects, too. Adult scientists should be totally aware of that.

This will lead in effect to that even valuable contributions from universities will be seen with more suspicion and will be very damaging in the long run.