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Originally Posted by hatedbythemail
YET AGAIN YOU IGNORE THAT IT IS THE ROYAL SOCIETY THAT IS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE OIL COMPANIES. IT IS THE UK'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. I DO NOT CLAIM OR PRETEND TO BE A SCIENTIST, JUST SOMEONE WHO IS FOLLOWING THE ISSUES.
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Aren't these the same guys who are trying to strongarm ExxonMobil into stopping funding scientists who gainsay global warming, though? I thought good science was about exploring competing theories and letting them stand or fall based on evidence, not shutting down exploration of any theory that runs contrary to your own. It sounds more like an inquisition to me.
Given the amount of funding to be had at the moment (providing your study is related to climate change in some way), I wonder whether vested interests play a part here?