Cancel Culture Dominates Climate Research, Canceling the Scientific Method

Protesters raise awareness for climate change at Melbourne Central, in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 6, 2019. Graham Denholm/Getty Images

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Contrary to popular perception, “cancel culture,” in which people or their opinions are shamed and shut out of the discussion when they don’t conform to whatever those shouting the loudest or rioting in the streets believe, isn’t a new phenomenon.