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Of course it's not 100% black and wide and there is an element of faith. The consolidated statement is way to wide, but if you take consensus to mean "a large
by dtech 6y ago
Of course it's not 100% black and wide and there is an element of faith.
The consolidated statement is way to wide, but if you take consensus to mean "a large majority like 66%+ portion of the scientific literature within the field(s) relevant to that specific instance" that becomes a lot more testable for an individual issue.
- learc83 6y ago> there is an element of faith That's exactly my point. >if you take consensus to mean "a large majority like 66%+ portion of the scientific literature within the field(s) relevant to that specific instance" that becomes a lot more testable for an individual issue. Yeah we can say that for some specific issue like choosing what time of year to plant tomatoes, expert consensus is useful, but that doesn't generalize, which was also my point.