Sadly, Even the Smithsonian Is Vulnerable to the Pressure of Big Money

A reader notes:  Coming up is exposing the Smithsonian who last September published a news release that it would promote U.S. innovations. This never happened…..David Koch is a board member of the Smithsonian. The Koch brothers contributed $15 million to the Institution. It seems not even the Smithsonian can be trusted.

Unfortunately, you’re right on track here. I can’t speak to what you’ve written above, but it’s most certainly true that The Smithsonian features the David H. Koch “Hall of Human Origins”–a display that deliberately misleads sight-seers with respect to how rapidly our species may be able to adapt to a warming climate.  I wrote about it in disgust here.