Of course it is, like global climate change, renewable energy, plugin hybrids, hi-speed commuter rail, local organic ag, farm based energy, etc.
It's obviously leftist propaganda. Like science itself, just a bunch of know-it-alls showing off. Ignore this key piece of evolution and continue your devolution. Theo-corporatist wing nut dimbulb limboobs, go test the 'theory' of gravity, go jump in a black hole.