The Onion Summary

This article from The Onion addresses the way that today’s scientific research is conducted and makes fun of how the source of funding for an experiment can influence its results. Interpreted plainly, the article claims that a new step has been added the scientific method: after a hypothesis is made, funding must be found. Then, based on who is funding the research and the sponsor’s desire, researchers must then align their study so it gets the results the funders want. The organization in charge of this change further claims that a new step will be added in the future to take into account how profitable an experiment may be. The actual point the article is trying to make is that modern research is more driven by money than by science. Scientists