Read here. We live in an era where incredibly bad science, with marginal scientists and questionable techniques having huge negative impacts. In the case of the negative climate science impact, think of how many billions of dollars have been diverted from needed scientific research in other fields because of the global warming catastrophe hype.
Unfortunately, it's not only the AGW alarmist scientists who have caused harm to the scientific methods and processes, as this article establishes, while also suggesting the incentive for mediocre scientists to dominate the MSM with bad science.
"The Guardian has a blog post up by three neuroscientists decrying the state of hype in the media related to their field, which is fueled in part by their colleagues seeking "impact.".....unacceptable gulf between, on the one hand, the evidence-bound conclusions reached in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and on the other, the heavy spin applied by scientists to achieve publicity in the media. Are we as neuroscientists so unskilled at communicating with the public, or so low in our estimation of the public's intelligence, that we see no alternative but to mislead and exaggerate?...Somewhere down the line, achieving an impact in the media seems to have become the goal in itself, rather than what it should be: a way to inform and engage the public with clarity and objectivity, without bias or prejudice."