> opposing the anti-science views of Trump and his administration > I'm not sure this reaction is particularly extreme or uncalled for But opposition can easi

> opposing the anti-science views of Trump and his administration > I'm not sure this reaction is particularly extreme or uncalled for But opposition can easily veer into defining, and then rigorously defending, a 'pro-scientific' dogma that actually ends up opposing new, legitimate research. As a complete hypothetical, what if an esteemed climate scientist discovers evidence that global temperature increase estimates actually are too high by, say, a factor of 2? Will people take that evidence seriously, or write it off as 'climate change denial'?