I’m glad to see this issue discussed. I think it shows an awakening as to why we are collectively stuck as a technological society.
I can only add that researchers (especially in medicine) have been accused of careful avoidance of dramatic discoveries because exposing new truths too rapidly can result in a loss of employment for a Ph.D. Better to break down a research effort into the tiniest segments possible and look for the next funding grant. Things that do not suggest high profits may be ignored almost completely. I was reading about powerful anticancer effects of seaweed in a new study this week and recalled that it was little different from a Japanese study carefully done over 30 years ago.
