Tomahawks cost, what $50M each? Imagine the positive change that could have been made with that money instead.

See, this here is what we call gente corriente sin valores. What kind of upbringing did these thugs have? What kind of person steals someone else’s food? These are gang bangers. These are the types who will literally sell their mothers. They’re the lowest of low known as ratas de alcantarilla.

This consequential line of reasoning, imo, is at odds with scientific integrity. Scientists should not be making arguments they know to be wrong to achieve some remote end goal. Such practices inject bad faith in the scientific discourse, it's patronizing to the public, it's lazy, and it corrupts.

This feels analogous to planting evidence to get the bad guy. Ultimately even when it's righteous, such an unprincipled attitude to science erodes its integrity. Today you may use this approach to debunk ESP; tomorrow it will be used against vaccines bec we've compromised our standards of evidence.