> but got scooped, which sucks buts that’s how science works sometimes
I work in science. It hasn’t been always like this and it is getting worse. Nobody does basic or risky research anymore.
Correct.
> I work in science. It hasn’t been always like this and it is getting worse. Nobody does basic or risky research anymore.
Getting scooped has always been a risk. Crick and Watson fretted about it when they were working on the structure of DNA. Newton and Leibniz bickered over priority for calculus hundreds of years ago. My wife fretted about it when she was isolating and studying the function of a 450kDa protein for her PhD a decade ago. I don't think it has really changed that much.