Well, it is still a variation &quot;On Bullshit&quot; (Harry Frankfurt&#x27;s excellent article). If someone in science is more interested in a position than whether the presented arguments individually holds up or not, that person is unscientifically invested and we should have some kind of mental allergic reaction to that.<p>The &quot;Publish or Perish&quot; has made Gish Gallops much harder to catch and almost impossible to punish.