Well then, it must be true, since I heard it from some guy on the internet. There it is, the vast majority of scientists don't actually have any scientific claims about the climate, they have umm, ermm...something else...and it was just seized by the propaganda machine for political ends.
briiiiiiiiiliant
you just did it again. You're trying to make it seem like i'm saying something i'm not actually saying... maybe because you think it makes you look better, or something.
Scientists do science. They have no control over what the science-illiterate masses interpret when faced with propaganda
based on that science, and they have no control over whether politicians and special interest groups take the real data and manipulate it in order to gain public support for whatever agenda.
Although sometimes, since scientists are actually human too, some of them may do something very unscientific (or perhaps very strategic...), and not interfere with the misuse of the data they have provided, in exchange for whatever benefits are offered. Not all of them are absolutely honor-bound and terminally ethical. Some of them will actually go along with lies, in order to gain substantially more wealth. I seriously doubt that 0% of all scientists would ever make an exception to their scientific principles, especially if they happen to find themselves between a rock and a hard place, with an opportunity to profit by doing something they'd rather not do. This happens to lots of people, and lots of people violate their own ethics; sometimes because it's necessary for survival or prosperity, and sometimes because they're threatened, and/or sometimes because they may be one of the many sociopath/psychopaths in this world, who either cannot discern, or do not care, what is right and wrong, but only care about getting what they want, by any means necessary.
I'm not saying "that's how scientists are," i'm saying "that's how some humans just are, and all scientists are humans, and therefore susceptible to various types of influence, and not necessarily terminally honor-bound to ethics." Most people have a price; even scientists.
And if those interested, happen to find the right scientists... well, then you have a very knowledgeable person who understands science well enough to exploit it in the most believable ways. And of course, they would have controversy and lots of people claiming that person is wrong or lying or incompetent... but "ain't nobody got time fo' dat." Most people will probably just think the others being critical are "jealous" or "mad" or whatever.
You might be surprised by the quantity of very dumb and careless people in this world. You can go ahead and make your joke about me being one of them, but when you do, realize that i've only met maybe 2-3 people IRL, who i felt were "on my level" or better. Most of the people i've met are literally simpletons, and they possess neither time nor inclination nor ability, to verify every "scientific" claim levied at them from all directions, from all media sources. They wouldn't know what's right or wrong, either way... so they'd usually just think whatever feels right, based on whatever the TV says, whether complete or incomplete or completely false. The masses are easily mislead, and people who need grants to conduct research in order to continue their careers as scientists, sometimes have to compromise themselves, in order to continue doing something... related, to what they would like to do.
