The only 'telos' for an institution is grants. Grantors don't want truth.

This specific prejudice against linear thinking is hardly new. Most institutions started honestly and openly pleasing the grantors back in the '70s, and often maligned linear thinking in that decade.

If you want objectivity, you have to make it for yourself. Believe your own senses and experiences instead of someone else's senses and experiences. Be your own beacon. There's no alternative.