"Follow The Science"(i.imgur.com)
Noone wants to pay for any scientific research just because they're interested in the truth. Not the conservatives, not the liberals, not corporations. The people with actual passion for the field are dependent on those who want to use their authority as an expert to further their agenda. The scientists have no more power here than the regular people do. If anything it's the average person who's at fault for the plight of the scientists because it's not like the average person has any interest in objective research either, noone's out there demanding more potentially inconvienient truth as opposed to more lies that fit their worldview.
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