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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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the royal society alleges that exxon is funding cod-science. whether they're strong-arming depends i guess on your perspective but theyre clearly very annoyed with what they claim exxon are doing - funding multiple pseudo scientific organisations to muddy the waters with the non-scientific community ie the public. they argue that there is an overwhelming consensus regarding the science of climate change. nit sure why they, as a national institute of scientists, would want to prevent genuine scientific exploration of alternative theories. their stance quite clearly is that exxon is not funding genuine scientific exploration.