Running common among luddites, conspiracy theorists, and anti-science culture is the quick-draw to cry “shill!” That is, to accuse someone of taking a cash payment to espouse views that are not their own. Any statement made by the crier o’ shill’s opponent must be invalid, because they’re in the pay of the imaginary demons (big whatever, Monsanto, the Government, reptile aliens) who are trying to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes. How is this proven? By the fact that they oppose the crier o’ shill, of course.