Has G not heard of big tobacco? Big tobacco had such a grip on Capitol Hill that they were still able to say with a straight face into the early 1990s that tobacco was not medically harmful...sixty years after it was first shown to be.
We also have a defense against the corrupting influence of money: peer review. It is in no way perfect (how else could bullshit like the Ansel Keys study be accepted?) and is still influenced by money and status (researchers who stick close to the status quo have safer careers), but it helps shine a light down a dark corridor for sure.
We also have a defense against the corrupting influence of money: peer review. It is in no way perfect (how else could bullshit like the Ansel Keys study be accepted?) and is still influenced by money and status (researchers who stick close to the status quo have safer careers), but it helps shine a light down a dark corridor for sure.