I really lament that we don’t have a Feynman around. I really thing he would be horrified by what has gone on in this area, and at the damage this has done to science and the public perception thereof.
think = think
That’s what I get for making insomnia posts.
I don't know whether Feynman would have involved himself publicly in the present discussion (although he would surely have had his opinions). For all of the colorful stories about him, he was not a controversialist. I do remember that he refused to sign a petition against the Vietnam War (this was before I was in grad school), and that a number of very famous scientists who had signed on were puzzled by his demurrals.
He was, above all, his own man.