Wall Street Journal's Daniel Heninger On How ClimateGate Is Undermining The Credibility And Objectivity Of Science

Daniel Heninger writes that if "the new ethos is that 'close-enough' science is now sufficient to achieve political goals, serious scientists should be under no illusion that politicians will press-gang them into service for future agendas. Everyone working in science, no matter their politics, has an stake in cleaning up the mess revealed by the East Anglia emails. Science is on the credibility bubble. If it pops, centuries of what we understand to be the role of science go with it." To read the full article visit http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107104574572091993737848.html. Tweet