...scientific bodies that have chipped away their credibility... I don't understand why it is so hard to get my message across. Perhaps it's my English (not a

...scientific bodies that have chipped away their credibility... I don't understand why it is so hard to get my message across. Perhaps it's my English (not a native speaker) or maybe the crowd in here finds it very hard to look the sorry state of science atm mostly because they feel invested in it one way or another.