And yeah, I do understand about the language, hence my small caveat at the end of my rant. A thought occurs to me as I type this, and that is, the system™ is composed of at least three elements: science, academia and of course gubmint. A dangerous threesome if ever there was one. Talk about fighting city hall! Do you suppose we should also add corporate partners to the mix? Wow, a foursome; where's the first tee and what's the course record??? Oh well...
Another BTW, it doesn't appear NatGeo will be joining the chase to explain the significance of the Alaskan(or any other) killing fields of Pleistocene megafauna. They are content(happy?) to buy into the latest PC theory/hypothesis that TUBERCULOSIS GOT 'EM. For my part, I'm thinking gout. After all, the megafauna were all obviously overweight and probably didn't watch their diets. They may have been smokers too. Any bets I could get a paper through the system™?