it can be but you offered no evidence contrary. the data WAS there, but it conflicted with their well established views, call them political or not - it doesn'

it can be but you offered no evidence contrary. the data WAS there, but it conflicted with their well established views, call them political or not - it doesn't matter. it would take a great deal of hubris to say 'yes, all other sciences and research suffer from the human condition, but not physics!'