Comment by JadeNB

> > for example, in funding experiments chasing after worthless science

> This is tricky. It's basically impossible to know when an experiment will be worthless. Further, a large portion of experiments will be worthless (like 90% of them).

I don't mean "worthless science" in the sense "doesn't lead to a desired or exciting outcome." Such science can still be very worthwhile. I mean "worthless science" in the sense of "based on fraudulent methods." This might accidentally arrive at the right answer, but the answer, whether wrong or accidentally right, has no scientific value.