Lying might be a bit strong but scientists can certainly be economical with the truth. Like politicians, they like to maintain some plausible deniability. Scientists will state their assumptions and those assumptions could well be flawed or one-sided. In any event, if the conclusions are wrong it is not their fault.
If anyone has followed the climate debate it will have been noticed that most adverse events will not happen for about 30 years. That gives enough time for the current band of scientists top have retired. I don't think that happens by accident.
Money talks as well. Remember when Rockefeller re-wrote the medical textbooks to include his new drugs and awarded money to medical schools that would use them? Now, doctors don't know anything about the cures and remedies that existed before the drug era.
University funding of scientists is also controlled. You might want to research the sex life of South American tree frogs but that is not likely to be a funding priority. However, if you changed your project to how climate change adversely affects the sex life of South American tree frogs you would be placed much nearer to the top of the list.
You just need to add a couple of paragraphs to your paper. One will imply that climate change "could" be adversely affecting things and the other will say more research is required. Job done.
Lying might be a bit strong but scientists can certainly be economical with the truth. Like politicians, they like to maintain some plausible deniability. Scientists will state their assumptions and those assumptions could well be flawed or one-sided. In any event, if the conclusions are wrong it is not their fault.
If anyone has followed the climate debate it will have been noticed that most adverse events will not happen for about 30 years. That gives enough time for the current band of scientists top have retired. I don't think that happens by accident.
Money talks as well. Remember when Rockefeller re-wrote the medical textbooks to include his new drugs and awarded money to medical schools that would use them? Now, doctors don't know anything about the cures and remedies that existed before the drug era.
University funding of scientists is also controlled. You might want to research the sex life of South American tree frogs but that is not likely to be a funding priority. However, if you changed your project to how climate change adversely affects the sex life of South American tree frogs you would be placed much nearer to the top of the list.
You just need to add a couple of paragraphs to your paper. One will imply that climate change "could" be adversely affecting things and the other will say more research is required. Job done.
Congratulations, you just earned your Masters degree.