SCIENCE VS HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE -- see Wiktionary "give hostage to fortune" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/give_hostage_to_fortune; and consider whether the Nobel Prizes are good for science in "The million dollar question" (Philip Ball). Chemistry World. 1 October 2018. https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/are-the-nobel-prizes-good-for-science/3009557.article

According to Francis Bacon, the Father of the Scientific Method: "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." -- see BrainyQuote https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/francis_bacon_149835 ; and see Wikipeida "Francis Bacon" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon

Compare: "A man who never loves gives no hostage to fortune, to paraphrase a great scientist." -- Takeshi Kovacs in "Altered Carbon," S1:E6 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6731634/characters/nm1172478