>This is an example of sacrificing the scientific method to make results more politically correct. We've come full circle.

Wrongthink is nothing new, comrade ajwnwnkwos, and is as prevalent as ever.

The output of science has been suppressed throughout history where it didn't fit the narrative of the day. At one period, that was by the Church. Another, it was at the hands of the government. Today, mainly by a self-censoring, everything-must-be-pleasant-and-entertaining society that is very highly prone to fits of outrage.

Inconvenient facts are, after all, inconvenient.