>>11999926pretty much this. Funding, clout, agendas. Einstein was one of the last working for the greater good, now it's about politics and power.
>You could have a very obscure paper out there with the solution but no one is looking at it.And if someone's looking you might as well expect him to boycott you, being a threat for status quo and Powers That Be, not to mention at that point many professors would lose their job and/or funding, chances are you wouldn't be very popular among your peers.