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| May 20, 2019 at 14:45 | comment | added | fedja | @user2768 I would put it more mildly: I prefer not to rely on the consensus when it is possible to argue from a more convincing standpoint. The reason is that it changes too often and is influenced by too many side factors. Medicine is still reasonably conservative in that respect but if you look at social sciences, their consensus points remind you of a wildly rotating weathervanes that just make you dizzy. | |
| May 20, 2019 at 14:31 | comment | added | user2768 | You seem to be denying the existence of scientific consensus. Although consensus doesn't imply truth, it is an agreed upon position and, ideally, a position without evidence to the contrary. | |
| May 20, 2019 at 13:45 | history | answered | fedja | CC BY-SA 4.0 |