Topic: Scientific Consensus

What Lies Beneath? May 17, 2016 Matt Patterson New scientific discoveries in astrophysics and archeology make the notion of “settled science” risible. Most of existence still is a profound mystery
Another 'Scientific Consensus' Bites the Dust January 3, 2016 Jonathan F. Keiler Now-discredited theory led to all manner of government policy making, regulation and just plain tsuris
The Tyranny of Consensus September 2, 2015 Dennis Chamberland The idea that one can simply use popular poll results and prevailing opinions to define science-by-consensus is not at all new.  In 1931, a book was published titled “100 Authors Against Einstein” refuting Albert Einstein’s theories of relativity.