'My Scientists Made Me Shrink Your Car' | Cato Institute

'My Scientists Made Me Shrink Your Car' | Cato Institute: "The government of Australia, and pretty much every other nation, funds research scientists and then relies on them for policy guidance. It is in the best interest of these government-funded scientists to ensure their fields — and therefore their jobs — are deemed of great importance."

"The initial [2000] assessment, however, would get only 1 out of 8 answers correct (12.5 percent) — essentially performing twice as badly as a random series of numbers.

The research program was aware of this problem and published its report anyway."