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"John, when people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the
by Symmetry 8y ago
"John, when people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together"
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- yters 8y agoA bit over half a century ago, the scientific consensus in Germany was that Jews were subhuman. They also believed in a mystical ice planet orbiting the earth that possessed all sorts of wonders, the knowledge of which was suppressed by the anti-Arian cabal. Consensus bears a funny sort of relationship with the truth.
- seren 8y agoThe scientific consensus in a single country is very different bar than a scientific consensus for the whole world. I am pretty sure that if you looked at North Korea today, you could find some weird scientific national consensus, which obviously does not mean anything.
- yters 8y agoIs it true this is the consensus of the whole world? It seems to be the consensus of a portion of the scientific establishment, which is certainly not representative of the whole world. And, if, for sake of argument, we grant this scientific consensus represents the perspective of the world, it still does not follow this somehow precludes faulty reasoning and groupthink. "Science" is not a magic wand that automatically eliminates the normal sources of human bias, especially as recent news illustrates the rampant fraud and unreproducible results in the scientific establishment.