Question

using complete sentences, explain the consequences of allowing a scientist to withhold information from other scientists and the public.

Answer 1

When a scientist does make a request to obtain another researcher’s materials, their inquiries might be unanswered or denied, forcing them to delay or put on hold their own projects. 

Answer 2

Withholding information will result in loss of research resources due to duplication of experiments, some of which would repeat experiments that have already succeeded in their goal, someplace else. Withholding information also reduces the progress of scientific innovations. The divulging of information allows scientists to confirm findings hence corroborate a scientific discovery and also allows for the advancement of a finding by finding new facts about the same.