(March 3, 2018 at 4:50 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Probably the most ludicrous 'justification' I've ever heard from theists as to why they reject the findings of science runs something like, 'Science can't be trusted, because researchers falsify results to obtain grant money.' While this is certainly true on occasion (scientists are human, and have the potential to be just as venal as anyone else), theists couch this argument in such a way as to suggest that all scientists are simply swimming in grant money, surreptitiously using public funds to finance their lifestyles of flash cars, easy women, and solid gold bog seats.
So, for any professional scientists here at AF, kindly return the chinchilla coats, the Lambos, and that nude ice sculpture of Carl Sagan you keep in your walk in freezer, and get the fuck back to work.
Boru
This is my pet peeve too. People try to use this to argue against Climate Change - that it's greedy climate scientists trying to fake cilmate change for grant money.
Do they realize that the opposition is literally THE OIL INDUSTRY and THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. The Climate Research Industry is probably 1/1000th the size of those who have good reason to pretend climate change isn't happening. It's pretty obvious which side the greed is on.
