Excellent point. Opinion is the OPPOSITE of science. Science is precisely recording steps taken and precisely recording results so that the steps can be copied to test if the results occur as described. What someone thinks is completely immaterial (thought may color theory but it’s not fact- facts are what science cares about.) The first time I remember a scandal like global warming was in “cold fusion.” Some jokers published nonsense and nobody could get their results.  The whole thing died. Today, who knows? Maybe it’s hateful now to test results? Maybe the standard of truth is intolerant?