@ratkins It's not dumb at all, this is very frequently a model that's used and absolutely exists for some labs/teams/fields HOWEVER there are lots of different ways to be a "scientist" and for many types of work you also want scientists to know the research statistics and make research statistical choices (it is a large part of our authorship. Disinterest is not the only way we safeguard results because informed knowledge and expertise in the area can also be really important. So...