> For a start, a scientist would not find the term "consensus" at all compelling. Things are either proven or disproven when it comes to science. This is only

> For a start, a scientist would not find the term "consensus" at all compelling. Things are either proven or disproven when it comes to science. This is only true for hard sciences, i.e. physics, chemistry, maths, etc. (EDIT: And even then, I'm just gonna throw in Pilot-Wave-Theory, as an example that some things have yet to be proven or disproven... and maybe even never will be?) Soft sciences have to rely on consensus, essentially by design.