
Originally Posted by
mashman
Even though scientists put their time and sanity into their Science, the funding comes from elsewhere and that elsewhere generally gets to decide what direction that "science" goes in... Just ask the AGW guys

.

@seminal celebration... bunch of wankers

Having applied for research funding, admittedly not a hell of a lot, there isn't a lot of weight attached to the area you're planning to research. The funders are more interested in how you're going to do things than what you're doing or who will benefit/be impacted.
As for climate change, the only people who have to produce research that fits a mould or follows a predetermined path with an expected outcome are the deniers because the groups that fund them are in turn funded and/or controlled by energy interests, conservative political bodies or fundamentalist christians. And given that there is no evidence supporting their position and almost all of what they come up with is the same old bollocks repeated ad nauseum or simply spin, a genuinely curious scientist is unlikely to get enthusiastic about working in that field any more. Kind of like trying to recruit scientists to research the sun rotating round the earth or engineers to design a superbike with a sidevalve engine, hand shifter and girder forks.
Don't blame me, I voted Green.
Bookmarks