Because of this high status most if not all research institutions, through the culture of their constituent scientific staffs, strive toward this paradigm. For example, national labs emulate the paradigm with forms of tenure, resident graduate students, etc. Therefore, the paper focuses on this paradigm, rather than surveying how each discipline links to its context. I examine this paradigm because it is a great stabilizing force in science. I also recognize the strength of external forces for change.
Problems arise in the clash of such forces.