Well, we all know that science doesn't work unless it is kept secret. That's why scientist keep grimoires and guard them jealously lest another scientist steals their secrets and use them to destroy them.
Possibly, the greatest scientist of all time was Sauron, who invested all his scientific knowledge into a ring and when the ring was destroyed, so was he.
Science is a very dark and dangerous business and there is no place for openness and the sharing of data in the scientific process.