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I was reading this article just a minute ago and it saddened me greatly. I should say subject is directly related to this thread:

A Researcher Got Paid $300,000 to Resign After He Said Shooting Wolves Is Bad

In short, an academic was fired from Washington State University because his research discovered that killing wolves is bad for ecosystem overall. Meaning, its not even good for ranchers. But still, ranchers pay out of a pocket for each lost cattle, so they want to kill wolves, and they didn't like his science no matter what, so they put a pressure on congressmen and congressmen put a pressure on university administrators and got researcher fired. It is so sad to learn that science was defeated when confronted with commerce and politics.

Now, comparing to UFOs research, ranchers vs. researchers is 100 times more benign. Practically, we can be coming up with rock solid research, testimonials and physical evidence till the end of the time and nobody will ever accept anything. Just when people don't want to believe, than evidence and reason don't matter.

<blockquote data-quote="DROBNJAK" data-source="post: 273473" data-attributes="member: 8760">I was reading this article just a minute ago and it saddened me greatly. I should say subject is directly related to this thread:<a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5knkk/a-researcher-got-paid-dollar300000-to-resign-after-he-said-shooting-wolves-is-bad" target="_blank">A Researcher Got Paid $300,000 to Resign After He Said Shooting Wolves Is Bad</a>In short, an academic was fired from Washington State University because his research discovered that killing wolves is bad for ecosystem overall. Meaning, its not even good for ranchers. But still, ranchers pay out of a pocket for each lost cattle, so they want to kill wolves, and they didn&#039;t like his science no matter what, so they put a pressure on congressmen and congressmen put a pressure on university administrators and got researcher fired. It is so sad to learn that science was defeated when confronted with commerce and politics.Now, comparing to UFOs research, ranchers vs. researchers is 100 times more benign. Practically, we can be coming up with rock solid research, testimonials and physical evidence till the end of the time and nobody will ever accept anything. Just when people don&#039;t want to believe, than evidence and reason don&#039;t matter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DROBNJAK, post: 273473, member: 8760"] I was reading this article just a minute ago and it saddened me greatly. I should say subject is directly related to this thread: [URL='https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5knkk/a-researcher-got-paid-dollar300000-to-resign-after-he-said-shooting-wolves-is-bad']A Researcher Got Paid $300,000 to Resign After He Said Shooting Wolves Is Bad[/URL] In short, an academic was fired from Washington State University because his research discovered that killing wolves is bad for ecosystem overall. Meaning, its not even good for ranchers. But still, ranchers pay out of a pocket for each lost cattle, so they want to kill wolves, and they didn't like his science no matter what, so they put a pressure on congressmen and congressmen put a pressure on university administrators and got researcher fired. It is so sad to learn that science was defeated when confronted with commerce and politics. Now, comparing to UFOs research, ranchers vs. researchers is 100 times more benign. Practically, we can be coming up with rock solid research, testimonials and physical evidence till the end of the time and nobody will ever accept anything. Just when people don't want to believe, than evidence and reason don't matter. [/QUOTE]

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