Belmont’s commenters with whom I share other blog “homes” are probably sick of hearing me say this, but I worked in academia (as staff) with “scientists” for 20 years and none of the shenanigans at CRU or elsewhere surprises me.

Even knowledgeable outsiders can’t know the extent to which science is harnessed to a Leftist political agenda these days. Presidential economic adviser Larry Summers, formerly president of Harvard U — until he mused openly about gender differences — can explain.

There are bigger conspiracies occurring right now than ever before in history. “The Da Vinci Code?” Some smart person who can actually write (hint wretchard) needs to mix that formula with Ayn Rand’s themes. But I doubt Tom Hanks will appear in the movie.