Maybe I've been too close to science for too long but the whole line of argument seems so obvious to me that my reaction is "I don't know where to begin" when someone implies science could be done through coercion.
Yeah, that is the way it works, isn't it? The idea of just straight-up lying to your colleagues is unthinkable, directly analogous to releasing an open-source library with a deliberate flaw in it, or loaning your fraternity brother a bicycle with broken brakes and neglecting to tell him about it.
Of course, just because it makes no sense and is terrifyingly sociopathic doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Among other things: Mental illness happens. It's scary when it does.
Maybe I've been too close to science for too long but the whole line of argument seems so obvious to me that my reaction is "I don't know where to begin" when someone implies science could be done through coercion.