When I went into science 35 years ago, I was extremely idealistic. I believed that being a scientist required the highest moral standards, that scientists cared only about advancing human knowledge & benefiting humanity, & made sacrifices for it. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
Yes. I learned early in graduate school that scientists aren’t operating at any higher moral standard than anyone else. Some were outright nasty - and over the years I met some of the worst people imaginable, all parading as valiant defenders of science. Once I learned that, it became much easier to stomach the bullshit.