That is being charitable. Occam's Razor requires the other obvious explanation to be true: the procedure was tailored to get the desired results. This would require great mathematics to hide the means so well for so long. Fraud, pure and simple.
For many years now, I have been trying to find a reasonable explanation for why "environmentalists" exist. Other than the simple pleasure of controlling other people's lives. I have yet to find one.
Saving the world is not an option. Delusion and ignorance on such a scale is simply too unreal to accept.
Remember the first line of inquiry when trying to explain behavior is to follow the money. If you want lots of funding in any scientific disipline you need a crises. If there isn't one there many will create one. The louder you scream that the sky is falling the more money you get. This also helps explain why aids research gets over three times the funding Breast Cancer does.