Added to this is the ever-present fear that studies and results are being used by the wrong kind of people.
And thus the "respected expert scientists" would rather publish outright lies parading "science" as a skinsuit. Like when top virologists and epidemiologists published an open letter falsely claiming it was impossible for the Wuhan coronavirus to be a result of a leak of a Gain of Function experiment from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
To dunk on "the wrong kind of people". "Science" is the new religion with its priest class using whatever lie necessary to manipulate people, and rejecting their claims is heresy leading to ostracization.
There was an article with an epidemiologist admitting that she and some of her colleagues expressed doubts about natural origin, but they didn't want to say anything that would associate them with Trump.
And thus the "respected expert scientists" would rather publish outright lies parading "science" as a skinsuit. Like when top virologists and epidemiologists published an open letter falsely claiming it was impossible for the Wuhan coronavirus to be a result of a leak of a Gain of Function experiment from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
To dunk on "the wrong kind of people". "Science" is the new religion with its priest class using whatever lie necessary to manipulate people, and rejecting their claims is heresy leading to ostracization.
There was an article with an epidemiologist admitting that she and some of her colleagues expressed doubts about natural origin, but they didn't want to say anything that would associate them with Trump.
SCIENCE.