Parkinson answers the question as always
"Science" media is getting screeched out by the failure of the Arctic seed vaults.
Question: Supposedly the whole point was to preserve the seeds against "global warming". So why didn't you build the vault to withstand "global warming"? Engineers can't foresee all problems, but engineers must provide for the problems that get top billing in the project's specifications.
Parkinsonian answer: Failure was the purpose. The vault was NOT meant to solve a problem. "Science" is NOT meant to solve problems. The sole purpose of "science" is to create disasters that justify more funding for "science".
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