re: #239 Salamantis

Empirical science shall continue to be guided by the scientific methods of checkable and replicable evidence, peer review, double-blind experimentation with controls, and the verification and falsification principles, and shall continue to reject the attempts to discredit, corrupt, undermine, subvert and suborn it by forcing religious dogmas into it that continue to issue from the creationist camp.

I wish that were still the case at all levels. At the higher levels it has become very politicized, and it has failed in the methods and responsibilities you summarized above. For some individuals, it has become more about power and wealth than truth.