Science death spiral

It should be clear from the above that the standards of science have been greatly degraded in modern times, to the point that many if not most scientific claims are suspect. No where is this more evident than with climate science, a field that has turned peer review into a check for doctrinal orthodoxy that suppresses any contrary thinking or results. Scientists have stopped doing science in the pursuit of publications and government grant money. The herd of mediocre scientists needs to be culled. The only way out of this morass is to remove much of the government funding from fields rife with bad science. The influence of government and UN agencies needs to be greatly reduced—it should be possible to be a bureaucrat or a scientists but never both.

Is science in a death spiral? When I was young I dreamed of becoming a scientist, to search out nature's secrets beholden only to nature and the truth. After many years of study and work I became a scientist, though it was not what I thought it was when I was a child. Most of the images of scientists that inform the public and set their expectations come from TV and the movies. I recall one line from Dean Yeager in Ghostbusters: “You seem to regard science as some kind of dodge... or hustle. Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist, Dr. Venkman!” Unfortunately, we seem to have raised up an entire generation of Venkmans, and they are destroying science just when we need it most.

Be safe, enjoy the interglacial and stay skeptical.