Science can be coopted. Scientists like academics are a meek lot by and large. The academic treatment of this effect was provided by Jeff Schmidt in Disciplined Minds, see a nice review here:
https://louisville.edu/journal/workplace/martinreview.html
So the scientists learn quickly to play ball or else they’re out. So every science report needs to be treated with suspicion. A case study on just such a thing is to read what Kary Mullis said on the HIV fiasco:
https://www.duesberg.com/viewpoints/kintro.html
So it’s difficult to have any confidence in what the scientists say or publish. The system is so corrupt that after the revolution and when all overlords are long burned to ashes we need to establish a process whereby scientists must publish true and accurate data so as a species we can anchor ourselves to a reality based existence free from elite gaslighting.
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