The problem with science is that there are too few discoveries for too many scientists. This caused the reproducibility crisis. This caused grad student overwork and abuse. It also means working scientists have had to turn to the "attention economy" to save themselves.

We forget that this notion that anyone could (and everyone should) be a scientist is really new and (ironically) quite untested idea. Well, this error mode is called a "glut" and it sucks for everyone involved. Maybe science is better off being either a hobby for rich weirdos (and/or the savants that they patronize) or a game that big business keeps paying to play to secure that all-important new intellectual property. Whoever decided you could make a science factory that produces discoveries was an idiot, and now we have proof.