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Originally Posted by Chris T
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?
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I'd rather trust an independant body that does not have a vested interest in oil. Let's face it, any large corporation is going to resist any argument that threatens its profits, power and the status quo, it's the way they work. The world is run by corporations not governments.