Vincent Gray (another heretic) writes...

I have the advantage of most other scientists of having learned my craft at a time when science was still in the business of making important scientific discoveries. As Lindzen points out, those days have gone, and science has been taken over by government politicians and bureaucrats and is largely a tool of misguided political philosophy. I remember committee meetings where we discussed science. Today, where I loyally attend Council meetings of the New Zealand Association of Scientists, the discussions are exclusively concerned with how much money science can get from the Government, and how we can compensate scientists for their poor salaries and career prospects by giving them medals. More from Vincent Gray here, and Richard Lindzen here...