There are numerous historical examples of scientists kow towing to the prevailing religious, political and cultural winds. In Germany over one hundred of the most prominent German physicists signed a letter denouncing Einstein and his theory of relativity not on a scientific basis but because he was Jewish. In Russia, all biologists and geneticists had to praise and accept the bizarre theories of Lysenko who was Stalin’s favorite. In the United States medical scientists who challenge the prevailing nonsensical new orthodoxy regarding homosexuality and gender are harassed and punished.
Power and gold make the rules but cannot alter or establish truth.
Just be forewarned. Lysenkoism is coming back and will be the cudgel used against Intelligent Design. Especially when looked at through the lens of Epigenetics and Lamarckism.
I worked with meteorologists, climatologists, and hydrologists developing software for nearly 11 years. The prevailing orthodoxy was at best socialism. Unless you were very well qualified, any expression not in conformance with the prevailing “World View” were ostracized. The “World View” went way beyond mere climate change. Any disagreement with any progressive view was hazardous to one’s career. Transfers, demotions, assignments to onerous tasks and the silent treatment until the offending individuals resigned were common.
Individuals would display with pride their liberal bona fides with obscure photos of Russian Communist revolutionaries or display texts on their shelves that could not be mistaken for youthful curiosity like Zinns “A peoples history” or manifestos from the likes of Engels and Marx. Photos of leading liberal politicians, both foreign and American, adorned peoples work spaces without consequence.
If a conservative displayed anything that did not conform, they were met with an anonymous complaint and requested to remove the offending items. The entire group would then be called for a group presentation and then would be sent to “Fill in the Blank” training. The ostensible reason given for everyone attending the training was to not focus on a single individual. The ire of all liberal conformists however always ended up being focused on the offending (Conservative) individual(s). If you want to know what they are doing, just assume that what ever they say they are avoiding is exactly what they are doing and it is focused like a laser on you.
This kind of treatment was common. I registered as a Democrat during a job search years ago and instantly received more job offers with the exact same resume. You had to conform with the group or suffer career consequences. Democrat bundlers were openly hired and canvassed for campaign contributions on the tax payers dime without consequence but merely mentioning a conservative policy idea and the entire group was sent off for more diversity training.
The Hatch Act of 1939, officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice president, and certain designated high-level officials, from engaging in some forms of political activity. It went into law on August 2, 1939. The law was named for Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico. It was most recently amended in 2012. The act is enforced in one and only one direction. Look up the proliferation of “Independent Government Agencies” that are not part of the “Executive Branch” that has occurred almost exclusively during Democrat controlled administartions and or legilative sessions.
The current “impeachment efforts” make this fact painfully obvious for anyone with two working brain cells. If you want to know what they are doing it is either the exact opposite of what they say they are doing or it is what they accuse you of doing.
It is only one step away from the Communist Chinese “Struggle Sessions” prevelent during Mao’s “Cultural Revoloution”.
A struggle session was a form of public humiliation and torture that was used by the Communist Party of China in the Mao era, particularly during the Cultural Revolution, to shape public opinion and humiliate, persecute, or execute political rivals and those deemed class enemies.
Most people only remember the “Military Industrial Complex” quote from President Eisenhower’s farewell address but if you listen to it carefully the “Military Industrial Complex” is a symptom of the corrosive influence of Government largess in all forms of free enterprise.
This corrosive effect can be seen in student loans, farm and industrial policy, military contractors, the housing industry, medical industry, financial industry etc.
But just like hearing “Russia, Russia, Russia” over and over again, the only thing focused on by the “Industrial Fake News Complex” is Eisenhower’s single sentence from his farewell address about the Military Industrial Complex when that is merely a symptom of “Government encroachment into the private sector.”
His entire speech was about the corrosive influence of Government largesse on the entire Body Politic not just the corrosive effect of Military spending. Eisenhower spends more time and words on the bad influence of Government finances on the Scientific process especially at the Academic level than on the “Military Industrial Complex”
Eisenhower Farewell Address (Best Quality) - ‘Military Industrial Complex’ WARNING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyBNmecVtdU