[KMJames]

...the book also lays bare the sometimes fierce competition between scientists and consequent mean-spiritedness...

Say it ain't so. These are 'sposed to be models of objectivity and rationalism.

[ClearCase_guy]

It's a variant of academic turf wars. The struggle is especially vicious because the stakes are especially small.

Some folks think Science is rational and objective. It's actually highly "political" and driven by money. In other words, agenda-driven.

[Matchett-PI]

Harmful politicization of Science by William Happer
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:FlLm-ZhuvAcJ:www.hoover.org/publications/books/fulltext/polscience/27.pdf+nasa+politicized+ozone+hole+discovery+&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4


Aliens Cause Global Warming - Michael Chrichton http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote04.html