In (K2)SE, additional science packs are frequently tacked on to the initial few tiers of an infinite tech, ie. Cargo Rocket Safety 1 takes red, green, blue, and yellow packs, Safety 2 takes all of those plus space packs, Safety 3 takes those packs and adds Utility, and then Safety 4-infinite takes those packs and adds astro science. In this case, the divisor only affects 4-infinite and leaves 1-3 multiplied by my science multiplier.
Interestingly, it doesn't seem to work at all with the more complicated infinite techs, specifically artillery speed does not appear to be reduced at all, even at the 14-infinite stage.