Jimmy
Koen Hufkens, PhDThe "Restoring Gold Standard Science" EO is basically a science denial playbook based upon the FLICC principle (Fake experts, Logical Fallacies, Impossible expectations, Cherry picking and Conspiracy theories).
Seriously, it touches on exactly all of these points.
https://crankyuncle.com/a-history-of-flicc-the-5-techniques-of-science-denial/
A history of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial - Cranky Uncle
In 2007, Mark Hoofnagle suggested on his Science Blog Denialism that denialists across a range of topics such as climate change, evolution, & HIV/AIDS all employed the same rhetorical tactics to sow confusion. The five general tactics were conspiracy, selectivity … Continued