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That's what politicians will pay climate scientists for and that's what they are struggling so hard to deliver. Doesn't this imply that there is a major confli
by jswinghammer 17y ago
That's what politicians will pay climate scientists for and that's what they are struggling so hard to deliver.
Doesn't this imply that there is a major conflict of interest here and that the whole science should be labeled suspect by default? I think most people will give the bosses whatever they want even if it isn't true.
- fauigerzigerk 17y agoNo doubt there is a major conflict of interest. But there are other forces at play as well that mitigate the issue. Scientists are obviously concerned about their name, so outright lying is probably rare. Making things appear clearer than they actually are, hiding stuff that is inconclusive, writing project proposals opportunistically according to where the money is, these are the things that happen all the time. And I'm not talking specifically about climate research, but about the driving forces of research and research funding in europe.