[wintertime]

when science is corrupted by the profit motive,

A. Pole,

OOOhh! That eeeeevil "profit-motive"! ( sarcasm)

You are kidding aren't you?

Not to get off topic, but it is the "profit-motive" that has driven most of science forward and given us the good life that we enjoy.

I'll think of you as I down my Fosomax, levothyroxine, and Premarin, and dress in entirely petroleum based clothing this morning.

[A. Pole]

[wintertime:] it is the "profit-motive" that has driven most of science forward

Free market bump

[A. Pole]

I'll think of you as I down my Fosomax, levothyroxine, and Premarin, and dress in entirely petroleum based clothing this morning.

I do not deny that profit motive might stimulate some discovery. But it can and does corrupt science. True science is about accepting negative findings as well, requires impartiality, willingness to adopt opponents views and not being influenced by material incentives.

Same is with political correctness, today scientists are more and more dependent on good will of their sponsors. Asserting unpopular idea often mean end of scientific career.