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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Bucking the consensus

Bucking the "consensus" is what real science is all about, namely disproving accepted theories and then forming better ones. Quantum mechanics bucked the "consensus" of a Newtonian universe. The theory of a round Earth bucked the flat Earth consensus. Ad nauseum.

Use of the word "consensus" as argument for a scientific theory shows an utter ignorance of science. And that is exactly why so many politics driven "scientists" and "journalists" cling to the term...

11 posted on 07/11/2012 10:07:09 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: piytar

“Bucking the “consensus” is what real science is all about, namely disproving accepted theories and then forming better ones. Quantum mechanics bucked the “consensus” of a Newtonian universe. The theory of a round Earth bucked the flat Earth consensus. Ad nauseum.

Use of the word “consensus” as argument for a scientific theory shows an utter ignorance of science. And that is exactly why so many politics driven “scientists” and “journalists” cling to the term...”

You’re so right.


19 posted on 07/11/2012 11:02:24 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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