nomad, so you don't think the criticism me and Josef are bringing up is valid, or is worth talking about -- it's all bullshit so we should just all shut up? how nice and how scientific of you, however silly my or his agenda is or isn't, to dissuade discourse.
also, not to mention predictability and boorishness, do you not see how your constant condescension and rudeness make you look exactly like a loudmouthed little brat, and not the image of authority-on-every-subject which you attempt to portray? i could care less if some graduate student is talking down at me, but really, it is a disservice to both yourself and the statements you make.
and since you are constantly bring up these professional scientists you have worked with, which you think is proof of the fact that you know what you are talking about, and that everyone else is "talking out of their ass", let me tell you about my personal relationship to science:
i grew up with 2 quantum, theoretical physicists. my father was a lead researcher on one of the first super-colliding atom smashers in Fortworth, Texas. my mother has gradually come to focus on more practical side of her field, her last big project being the design of the digital film projector for Texas Instruments, which have become ubiquitous in all major theaters since around 2004. one of my uncles was a world reknowned astronomer, and discovered a major star in 1984. another uncle has been a lead engineer for General Motors for the past 15 years. my grandfather on my mother's side was a top jet propulsion expert in Beijing, and had a life long career of designing the engines of military fighters.
i could go on but in short, i have been constantly around scientists all 33 years of my life - nearly all the friends of my parents are also scientists - and whatever else i may be doing, i am certainly not "talking out of my ass" when i give an assessment and opinion of the state of Science as a narrative and system of knowledge.
so anyway, no i don't think the self criticality of the scientific community, as great as it is, fully takes into account the larger picture of the massive influence of the ideological frame work of entire cultures, and indeed entire civilizations, on their proposed "objectivity", beyond the immediately visible cases of corporate money bias.
my father is an amazing example of this: an expert in his field, but his mind is full of indoctrination, and insists on viewing the world through a myopic, dogmatic, orthodox Scientific lens. in fact, he is not capable of doing anything else, as his positions are entirely calcified and his brain completely washed by ideology...