So if I watched De Grasse Tyson’s popular presentations on TV, I would find “full scholarly citations” for every claim he makes? You’re ducking the point of my remark.
You posted it to start a quarrel about the merits of Denton, not to contribute to a discussion about science funding. Or, if you were picking up on some remarks of others here against Denton, they were starting a quarrel about Denton, and you were expanding on the quarrel. Either way, you were off-topic – as people here quite commonly are.