Fast 50 % der Forscher geben die Wissenschaft innerhalb eines Jahrzehnts auf, wie eine große Studie zeigt.

Indeed, mainstream academia are gatekeepers.

They don’t allow genuine intellectual curiosity, only the status quo.

Such a click bait title. Just because you aren’t actively publishing doesn’t mean you left the field.

Also, this only drew from data available in Scopus which is by no means comprehensive.

If you live in a society where science is actively discouraged, scientists mocked, robbed and attacked there is no way you can pertain the free will and creativity of intelligent people to science. That’s why scientists and more capable men in general move to developed countries where they can work without being scrutinized by society.