Accusations should be ignored when asking valid scientific questions. Imagine a scientist not being curious about HIV in its early days because of homophobia (

Accusations should be ignored when asking valid scientific questions. Imagine a scientist not being curious about HIV in its early days because of homophobia (it was definitely a thing but the right people ignored it). Maybe the analogy isn't perfect ... I didn't want to open a can of worms but hopefully you get my point :)