Then the claimer must neither swing rank, nor clam up, nor obfuscate, nor bluster, nor cite commercial interest or national security. This description of science is very familiar. Perhaps it is too familiar, so that, like wallpaper, it is not seen. For the kind of openness described is very unusual, compared with human behaviour in most situations. And every branch of science is intimately connected with social affairs.
Number theory is connected with commerce and the military, through cryptography.
Cosmology affects how we think of ourselves, our lives and our culture. Another aspect of science which is relevant for the level of openness is the trend, in recent decades, towards 'managed science'. Contrary to what many scientists think, this has not had a wholly negative effect on openness. True, commercial considerations inhibit openness more than in earlier times. Thus, since science is embedded in society, unqualified calls for more openness in science are too simplistic.