As a retired scientist, I tell you that your dyspeptic comments are, not just understandable, but prudent - up to a point. As a scientist well trained and honest, I work to retain a healthy skepticism - not just of scientific concerns, but of all ‘truth claims’. And so I encourage your skepticism. Just remember though - most scientists (like most people in any field) are normal people doing their best to do the right thing. Those whose morals effectively pervert the systems impact those whose efforts are otherwise honest (though perhaps mistaken).

This is why THB is so valuable. It not only sheds light onto rather opaque problems in science (and policy), but demonstrates that there are honest reliable voices working to protect & promote truthful science…