> as much as I agree with the policy position So do I. But that is irrelevant. > I detest the "scientific consensus" speak Same here, specially when implying

> as much as I agree with the policy position So do I. But that is irrelevant. > I detest the "scientific consensus" speak Same here, specially when implying that health researchers talking not about their actual results but about the _opinions_ they have of what should be the law and what shouldn't, are in some way scientific. Research and policies are not the same things. . Otherwise next you'll see things like "Researchers find most animals kill each other mercilessly, so we should decriminalize murder."