Later scientists were corrupt also. I'll try a different mod for a bit, and then reload and see if my scientist is cooperating.
Perhaps these 2 parts are related?
[145.689] uuMain: Uomo_Universalis_Data is corrupt: could not find parents for 38 rows (e.g., _,2.50,61,6)
[145.689] uuMain: !!!! Error loading tables: checksumOld=21328, checksumNew=20251 !!!!
[145.689] uuMain: Initializing player data...
[33297.274] uuMain: TableSave time: 0.041999999994005, checksum: 31457, inserts: 3, updates: 127, unchanged: 467, deletes: 0
[33297.305] uuMain: TableSave time: 0.033000000003085, checksum: 25963, inserts: 3, updates: 127, unchanged: 370, deletes: 0
[33329.535] Runtime Error: [string "C:\Users\lame\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier'..."]:24: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
[33613.535] uuMain: TableSave time: 0.053999999996449, checksum: 31438, inserts: 0, updates: 127, unchanged: 470, deletes: 0
[33613.582] uuMain: TableSave time: 0.04500000000553, checksum: 25944, inserts: 0, updates: 127, unchanged: 373, deletes: 0