>Finally, many scientific matters are settled (such as that climate change exists, that there was systemic discrimination of PoCs even long after abolishment of

>Finally, many scientific matters are settled (such as that climate change exists, that there was systemic discrimination of PoCs even long after abolishment of slavery and that Earth is not flat). And who is it that decides when a scientific matter is "settled"? You? Trump? Zuckerberg? Bartolomeo Spina [0]? >Stating that those debates are settled and that trying to "reopen" them does not do any good must be allowed. With this single sentence you have highlighted the entire problem with this approach. "It is a settled scientific matter that Earth is the center of the universe and trying to reopen this debate will not be tolerated" is stunningly similar to what Copernicus was told. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus#Controvers...