At this time and for the last nearly 40 years or more, science has been, at least in the field of virology, microbiology and immune dysfunction, a matter of satisfying personal and geopolitical prestige and the egos of nations and those who act on their behalf as they imagine it--their maintenance of power through retention of incumbency.
Animals, moving in their simpler worlds, can only act rationally.
The cat devises stratagem to catch the mouse in order to catch
and eat it.
People, on the other hand employ complicated means in order to get money and through that prestige through possessions. The cat simply sprays its scent about in order to lay claim to its territory.
In science, a previous paradigm must be upheld in order to impress those who maintain the status quo and pass out the grants or paychecks.
The idea is not to reach a conclusion through scientific means, but to fail to reach a conclusion
that is unwanted. A question may be asked and answered repeatedly, only for grant money to be payed out again to repeat the research until someone is willing to be a team player on a pretty damn crooked team.
Deer graze and drink and flee from enemies--all simple rational processes. Humans use means to ends which may make no sense at all, except that it is what reigning powers and institution desire or wish to conceal.
Kathleen
