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As a scientist, I would like to add that even though I am not part of the field of climate change (even though I study the effects of winter temperatures on arthropods), I have seen increasing pressure on my colleagues over the last five years to conform to a more pro-business paradigm. It frightens the scientific community and has many young scientists (myself included) looking for work overseas.
Our field is important to us, and objectivity and free debate are absolutely essential for science to work. Introducing any bias at any level of scientific discourse (from experimentation to access to publication) is anathema to the entire discipline. A pro-business bias is like any other bias, unwelcome.
In the same way that music cannot exist without sound, science cannot exist without objectivity. Without it, science becomes blurred with belief, which is an entirely separate entity.
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They shackle our minds as we're left on the cross. When ignornace reigns, life is lost!
Zach de la Rocha
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