>>12906451science is an activity that very intelligent people do as a living because of some pleasure derived from the performance of that activity, at the expense of being rewarded very little for their time spent on that activity. in this way it is similar to many arts like painting or music. most practitioners are never recognized for their works, and only the very best practitioners gain notoriety. financially, musicians and painters do even better than even the best scientists. therefore the conclusion is that science is the purest and least corrupt artform