[Between the Lines]

So science must self-censor so as not to offend anyone? That's pretty silly.

Not really, science and scientists have had to censor themselves throughout history. It is a job that produces a product so the boss (powers that be) must be kept happy, otherwise no funding and no job. Just as often science has been skewed to favor the results that the employer wants.

Pure science for knowledge sake is a rare thing.

[Montanabound]

“We talked about scientific inquiry and the necessity for science to be based on fact rather than personal values and beliefs.”

Does that go for Global Warming as well?

[doc30]

It is a job that produces a product so the boss (powers that be) must be kept happy, otherwise no funding and no job.

I do science for a living and fequently have to tell the powers to be that they are wrong. But it's done with facts, not hyperbole.