"Scientists are not the objective open minded free thinkers that they once were". (Lox)


Can someone please point me to this utopian time when scientists were objective free-thinkers?

The history of scientists and science is littered with numerous examples of scientists who've derided other scientists works and vociferously promoted their own, even in the face of all evidence.

Scientists are just as human as the rest of us and just as liable to be blinkered zealots as open minded and free thinking (in fact I'd suggest scientists as a group are probably more blinkered than most as they have their 'evidence' to back up their stance)