Consensus in science is fundamental. This is because even nobel laureates can and have turned to quackery. You don't have science without peer review. If you'r

Consensus in science is fundamental. This is because even nobel laureates can and have turned to quackery. You don't have science without peer review. If you're anti-consensus, you're anti-science. And yes, it's OK to be skeptical, all good scientists are skeptics, but skeptics don't reject consensus, only denialists do.