CLIMATE SCIENCE: "a ghetto that is the scientific equivalent of gender studies..."

If you are a talented graduate, bursting with intellectual potential, would you like to work in an intolerant field of research, where new ideas are punished by name calling, ostracism and financial hardship, or would you prefer to apply your talents to a field where new ideas are welcome, and innovation is rewarded?

I think the converse is also true: if you're a second-rater, wouldn't you prefer a field where there's less competition from the first-raters?