Yea, science in this game is more or less where people like to think they have more of it then others. It's a socio-economic issue like that most people would rather make $40,000 a year if everyone else makes $30,000, rather than making $50,000 a year and everyone else is making $60,000. It's trying to "keep up with the jones' " Nothing more, nothing less. The upset people are just because they are used to seeing themselves with more science than their kingdom-mates (most times because they are investing gc into science at times they aren't supposed to) and like the idea that they are "better" at the game than someone else.

Those people now have a system that is less in their control as to the number they get in comparison to their teammates.