[stevetodd]

Reading the other comments about the lack of integrity in scientific research that they’ve witnessed, is it any wonder why people might be skeptical about important issues like climate change, vaccines, masks, etc? There’s great research being done and a larger part of the population is becoming more and more skeptical because lies are being published and touted. Science needs to clean its house.

[fullshark]

Independent replication needs to be incentivized, either as part of tenure process or have grad students do it as part of getting a PhD or something. Then the results are published in a journal of replication studies.

[hypersoar]

The skepticism about climate change is due much less to issues with the scientific community that than it is to decades of propoganda funded by people who fear losing money to efforts to fight it.

[SV_BubbleTime]

Are you suggesting there is only money, power, and propaganda by deniers of climate change? Don’t you think it’s possible there are people exaggerating it for money, and power?

I don’t think ”they use propaganda and everyone who disagrees is just wrong” is a good argument when the topic is “we know in other areas there are issues with the scientific community so why not this one”.

We can still have the right answer and have gotten there the wrong way.