Public relations tactics might influence the public and politicians, but not reality

We’ve won the public opinion debate, and we’ve won the political debate as well, … But the scientific debate is a source of enormous frustration. –Joe Bast, president and co-founder of the Heartland Institute

Both public opinion and political debates are frequently, affected by things other than reality. The scientific debate on the other hand isn’t.

And reality matters. In many ways it is the only thing that does.