How corrupt is academia?

Pretty fucking bad. It's as much politics as anything else. Even though you have to be guarded as fuck in the private sector with your research, at least you know that at the end of the day it's about money. In academia people fuck each other over for brownie points. If they can lease their research to companies.. whew lads, then it takes the corruption to a whole new level.

nobody cared who I was until I faked some data for a research paper

>i'm certain most professors would commit murder if it meant getting funding. i felt for the meme on academia being a meritocracy but in reality it's just researchers whoring themselves out and pulling any strings they can to get money. dishonestly is obviously a big part of it.
It's only legal laws and threat of jail that keep most people from rape and murder, male and female both.
But there are whores in every profession. Granted, likely a far higher percentage in religions.

There is a big problems with made up results being published in papers.

There is a huge pressure to push out scientific papers for funding, degrees, and resumes.

if someone exposed you, will you die?

Fucked is more the word. Used to be run by educators and professors, now privatized and run by administrators, bureaucrats that don't give a hoot about the work (cliche, I know).

Not saying it was paradise levels of better or that theft, faking data weren't around back in the day but even a bit better is better still.

Actually, a lot, and has been the case for the past half century at least

It would be incredibly unintellectual

>It's only legal laws and threat of jail that keep most people from rape and murder

Fairly certain empathy contributes.

>empathy
this sounds like some sort of brainlet thing, what does it mean?