All science is done by humans, and so biases are inevitable. Climate science, and a few other fields like medicine, have big enough vested interests that this needs to be accounted for. The physical scientists think they are safe, but one day a mathematician will discover Polymarket and then they’ll understand why climate science journals have a ‘conflict of interest’ section.
It really isn’t, but it got made to be by parties with vested interest in maintaining the oil and gas status quo.
Also, I realize this is probably a woooosh on my part.
All science is done by humans, and so biases are inevitable. Climate science, and a few other fields like medicine, have big enough vested interests that this needs to be accounted for. The physical scientists think they are safe, but one day a mathematician will discover Polymarket and then they’ll understand why climate science journals have a ‘conflict of interest’ section.
I’m mainly talking about the endless fights at the IPCC, where every word and sentence is a debate, but yes, it really isn’t.