Sometimes this strategy is called insisting on «sound science» (that's the code - phrase), which means in practice: we will accept any random crackpot idea if it supports us, and if there is a strong scientific consensus that we don't like, «sound science» requires that we study it more until it becomes 100 % certain, or if necessary, even better: — RRB - before any decisions would be made, i.e., preferably never. (realclimate.org)
Meanwhile, Lysenko's crackpot ideas led to agricultural decline, crop failures, starvation, and finally the demise of the centrally planned Soviet economic system that perpetrated and perpetuated suffering for millions of people. (townhall.com)
It took four tries before he could get an early version of the mathematical universe hypothesis published, and when the article finally appeared, an older colleague warned that his «crackpot ideas» could damage his reputation. (discovermagazine.com)