And the thing is, XKCD guy isn't even a researcher in this field (admittedly he is *a* scientist) and all he gets out of parroting the Narrative is asspats from Reddit drones.Yeah, that's more or less the crux of the problems within science. It's a field that constantly needs expensive equipment, and has no inherent profitability. So, scientists have to whore themselves out as mouthpieces for those who do have money just to put food on the table. If you've got a billion dollars and you want some PhD holders with six figures of debt to agree with you that the sky is purple, they'll line up in droves.