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Originally Posted by hatedbythemail
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.
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I thought peer review was about critiquing the results once they're published? No matter how you spin it, trying to prevent research from happening in the first place is not good practice. If they're so confident of their own conclusions, and the dodginess of the competition, they should have no concerns about taking part in an open, rigorous and public debate.