They move chunks of
information around in ways nothing else can — as payloads that convey intolerance, suppression of ideas and opinions, even violence at times, and persecution of dissenters, all with the weight behind it of an all - powerful God and it's eternal rewards and punishments that are
conveniently hidden in an unknowable afterlife.
Climatologists are often frustrated by accusations that they are
hiding data or the details of their models because, as NASA's Schmidt points out, much of the relevant
information is in public databases or otherwise accessible — a fact that contrarians
conveniently ignore when insisting that scientists stonewall their requests.