Funny how some in the scientific community have followed the same arc of mediocrity as the media;

1) Serious reporting and pursuit of the truth
2) Gotcha exposés and the cynical attacks on common order
3) Polarization and insularity
4) Formation of a cliché that supports itself and bends everything to conform to its views.

“Does that sound like Colonel Killian? Is that the way he felt?” Knox, sitting in a chair facing Rather, affirmed: “That’s absolutely the way he felt about that.” Rather emphasized that in the case of another memo, “she doesn’t believe the memo is authentic, but she says the facts behind it are very real.””