> we should trust it implicitly, while ignoring the concept of paradigm shift that arises specifically from people outside the consensus There's a difference i

> we should trust it implicitly, while ignoring the concept of paradigm shift that arises specifically from people outside the consensus There's a difference in trusting "the scientific process" versus scientists; We can trust scientists so far as they are following that process, which isn't guaranteed. Also, the two things are not mutually exclusive; While peer review is important in science, it is not strictly the same as consensus; The paradigm shift of the outsider is enabled by this fact. What we really have to fear is that peer review degrades into the consensus-base of typical power structures.