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Except you haven't linked any evidence that the specific authors have conducted bad science in the past, merely that they have accepted money from people you do
by slededit 9y ago
Except you haven't linked any evidence that the specific authors have conducted bad science in the past, merely that they have accepted money from people you don't like.
- woodruffw 9y agoYou're right: I've committed the grave sin of counting on it being common knowledge that (for example) Monsanto ghostwrites papers claiming that Roundup is safe[1], and that groups like the AEI have tried to bribe scientists into critiquing global authorities on climate change[2]. Give me a break. HN is an educated audience, and just about everybody in North America who reads the news knows at least something about Monsanto/DuPont/Exxon/whoever manipulating the scientific process. [1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-09/monsanto-was-its-own-ghostwriter-for-some-safety-reviews https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-09/monsanto-... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute#Global_warming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute#...
- cholantesh 9y agoNah, you commited the grave sin of not considering that any of this isn't theatre for an ambulance chasing legal firm. That's actually covered in the article, and since you've been following this, you should be able to see the emails are pretty tepid stuff if read soberly.