I am a scientist. I agree, this is an enormous problem and heralding our transition into a neo-darkage. Scientists are in a position where they have to deal with midwit bureaucrats. And bureaucrats don't know the difference between science and what's touted as science in the media. So it creates an environment where scientists are valued by the quantity of publications they've created, rather than the quality. The incentive for scientists is then publishing a large number of novel results, whether accurate or not. Because if you don't publish, your career ends. If you do publish, you publish trash that gets in the news because what should take 5 years has to be done in 1 (otherwise you don't have enough publications). The only way to move past this is to create a national institute that only replicates studies. They won't get every one, but it would be a great job for people who complete graduate school and are looking for a job at a national lab. The big red rubber stamp of 'failed replication' would tank any scientists career. The only way to create a national institute of replication is to get tens of billions of dollars from the Federal government. And no one will be willing to pay for it. Because we have lawyers and bureaucrats in charge. Not scientists. If the NIR is not created, and the incentive structure does not change... our technological development will cease, globally. The oligarchs are trying to collect as much power as they can before this neo-darkage begins. A few are trying to build life-boats, Musk, Bezos, etc.