> If 85% of science think X, then that is what is presented as science. "Science" is a process [1], not consensus. It uses the scientific method, which is a "

> If 85% of science think X, then that is what is presented as science. "Science" is a process [1], not consensus. It uses the scientific method, which is a "body of techniques" for investigation [2]. That is exactly what parent said - if you are "following the scientific method and collecting data in good faith" you are "doing science" - i.e, you are a scientist. [1] a "systematic enterprise" (wikipedia.org/wiki/Science) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method EDIT: bad formatting.