> start to sound ridiculous in a world where the public starts to point out where their funding is coming from I have to say I disagree (did I misunderstand yo

> start to sound ridiculous in a world where the public starts to point out where their funding is coming from I have to say I disagree (did I misunderstand you?): they sound absolutely ridiculous even if your only goal is to do good science and you don't care one jot for the public or funding. That was always a key problem with research parasites and Fiske's methodological terrorism: apart from everything else, it's just bad science.