Funny, as students we were expected to solve the exam problem and "show your work"...
I think the root a the problem is that the goals of the researchers are not aligned with the goals of Science. This isn't a criticism of the researchers but instead of the "game" they are forced to play.
For example,the goal of Science is to move the ball(knowledge) down the field for the benefit of mankind. We don't reward researchers for doing that, at least not very well. We reward researchers for writing papers full stop - not for making their research easy to reproduce or build on.
I think the root a the problem is that the goals of the researchers are not aligned with the goals of Science. This isn't a criticism of the researchers but instead of the "game" they are forced to play.
For example,the goal of Science is to move the ball(knowledge) down the field for the benefit of mankind. We don't reward researchers for doing that, at least not very well. We reward researchers for writing papers full stop - not for making their research easy to reproduce or build on.