We reclaimed the word Skeptic — next we reclaim the word Scientist

JoNova(Australia)
"So how can you tell a scientist from a poseur?

Here are some handy hints:

A true scientist doesn’t whinge when people ask for their data and methods. They don’t hide results, lose data, and whine that they’re being attacked if someone wants to check their answer.
A real scientist knows that climate sensitivity is not determined by 20 year old tobacco funding and doesn’t stoop to a barking-mad baseless slur which implies that historic tobacco funding has something to do with this discussion.
A normal scientist uses logic and reason: when faced with evidence, they can talk politely about it without compulsively issuing a character attack (he’s not a real Lord, you’re not a climate scientist, don’t be racist… and insert other non-sequitur here!)
A real scientist knows that 28 million weather balloons is empirical evidence that trumps the opinion of 28 million climate simulations."