re: #78 KingKenrod

Two quotes stand out to me, showing the political side of scientific research:

Internecine squabbles and jealous secrecy don’t serve the reputation of science well. This stuff plays right into the hands of creationists. It’s probably unavoidable, with scientists being human an all.

Important finds like this are always kept secret, until the research can be properly completed and documented. It has nothing to do with politics or “jealous secrecy” — it’s done to be responsible, so that news doesn’t leak out before they’re sure about what they have.

And scientific debates are not “internecine squabbles.”