Salon: Some scholars blame scientists at least in part for why we are not motivated to act on climate change. They claim that many scientists have discredited themselves by politicizing science. On this view the politicization of science by some climate scientists has compromised the credibility of the entire enterprise. John Lanchester writes:
[T]he scientists...are...trying to sell us something. And we the public might be undereducated, but we know not to trust entirely someone who is trying to sell...