To clarify my position...

In light of my previous posts about the CRU and global warming, I should note that I'm not implying that I believe that the scandal is dispositive one way or the other about the existence of global warming. It isn't.

I aim to suggest instead that the state of science surrounding the issue has serious issues stemming in part from its intersection with politics and ideology, as well as individual failings of scientists who should have been upholding an objective scientific method but weren't for various reasons (be it desire for funding, acceptance, a narrative, whathaveyou).

I find much to agree with in mathematician John Derbyshire's column today about science.

(You may remember Derbyshire from his writing both at National Review and The Secular Right blog).