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Originally Posted by TheU

Simple. I'm a scientists studying... bird migration. I want money... so I change my study to "the effects of global warming on bird migration", and I get my grant because global warming is a hot button issue.

Or I'm a climate projection scientists. I tweak my model to get outrageous results that make the news. Hello more grant money to keep my ass employed.

Or some scientist trying to do a study on XYZ in relation to global warming.. you name it, you got it.

You nailed it.