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There are plenty of debates in science. The debate over gravity would have been a good example because you had serious people in both sides of the debate and so
by spinlock 10y ago
There are plenty of debates in science. The debate over gravity would have been a good example because you had serious people in both sides of the debate and something approaching the truth came to be the consensus.
There is not a similar debate about climate change.
- gooseus 10y agoThe debates on gravity didn't involve non-scientists most likely because the results of the debate wouldn't have public policy implications and so there was no incentive to choose a side besides personal ego. I would assume that any scientific claim which results in a public policy change that creates losers and winners would create a very different kind of debate where scientists are subject to external influences and non-scientists feel the need weigh in in order to avoid being the loser.