Thank you for your insightful summary. I have heard very often lately that "the science is settled about X" and that this sentiment is exactly anti science is n

Thank you for your insightful summary. I have heard very often lately that "the science is settled about X" and that this sentiment is exactly anti science is not observed. I agree, it troubles me. I don't advocate for the fallacy of futility that nothing of science can be built upon a potentially soon to be false idea, but it's equally frustrating that the opposite - an appeal to authority in the name of science? - is so widely held onto.