BTW- you would be hard pressed to name another profession that is more left wing and socialist than university staff.
Isn't that something? The correlation between level of education and approaching center left politically (ie, the more college classes you've passed, the more likely you are to be center left (and an atheist)) is REALLY interesting.
I've heard a lot of people claim its all due to some sort of conspiracy back in the 50's. But Mr Occam has a better solution: the liberals are right and the smarter you are, the more likely you are to realize the fact.
Liberals happen to be the dumbest fucks I ever met, no more apparent than after reading their posts at USMB.
Academia is a game. Fame and power awaits for those who come up with crazy new ideas and have the cleverness to be able to defend them. If the idea turns out to be true, so much the better, but you still win just by getting it publicized. Michael Mann made it big as a new PhD by overturning past understanding, even though he used wonky math. Marcott butchered his PhD thesis in hopes of gaining popularity with The Team.
Climate science is malleable because the evidence is contradictory and susceptible to cherrypicking in support of preformed conclusions. Climate scientists have shown far too many attributes of lawyers instead of scrupulously trying to reach the truth. It is disappointing. And damaging to the institution of Science in general.