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I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but the CDC doesn't see themselves as a single source of truth. They defer to the scientific consensus of people who sp

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but the CDC doesn't see themselves as a single source of truth. They defer to the scientific consensus of people who specialize in understanding how viruses work, how pandemics work, and who have a process for learning facts by interrogating reality.

landemva 5y ago
They defer to the scientific consensus of people who specialize in understanding how PLANET ORBITS work. Consensus brought us an earth centric solar system and low fat heart healthy grains with an obesity epidemic and rampant heart disease.
- intended 5y ago
  Consensus also brought us showers, I suppose. The rules of the road? I mean, I suppose the opposite of consensus is tyranny. It sounds like your problem may be that people sometimes get it wrong, and not consensus or its opposites?
- majewsky 5y ago
  The irony of your statement is that you can only make this accusation now because the scientific community did not stop there and diligently continued working to improve the consensus.
- SquishyPanda23 5y ago
  lol, what are you talking about dude? Science converged on heliocentrism as quickly as it possibly could once we had instruments precise enough for heliocentrism to be the simplest model. The only reason the Earth-centric system overtook previous heliocentric theories was that it was most consistent with observable facts. Do you have some other system you'd like to propose that ignores observable facts? Maybe you'd like to consult a Shaman? The obesity epidemic isn't created by science, it's created by economic and food policy. The root problem is essentially the same one as with Facebook: scientific information gets crowded out because people stand to profit from misinformation. Seriously, what alternative to science are you suggesting? Political populism? Let a bunch of outrage-addicted conspiracy theory junkies determine the truth with no regard to whether it matches reality? Do you really think there's an alternative system that better arrives at the truth than making and checking your predictions against reality?

landemva 5y ago

They defer to the scientific consensus of people who specialize in understanding how PLANET ORBITS work. Consensus brought us an earth centric solar system and low fat heart healthy grains with an obesity epidemic and rampant heart disease.

intended 5y ago
Consensus also brought us showers, I suppose. The rules of the road? I mean, I suppose the opposite of consensus is tyranny. It sounds like your problem may be that people sometimes get it wrong, and not consensus or its opposites?
majewsky 5y ago
The irony of your statement is that you can only make this accusation now because the scientific community did not stop there and diligently continued working to improve the consensus.
SquishyPanda23 5y ago
lol, what are you talking about dude? Science converged on heliocentrism as quickly as it possibly could once we had instruments precise enough for heliocentrism to be the simplest model. The only reason the Earth-centric system overtook previous heliocentric theories was that it was most consistent with observable facts. Do you have some other system you'd like to propose that ignores observable facts? Maybe you'd like to consult a Shaman? The obesity epidemic isn't created by science, it's created by economic and food policy. The root problem is essentially the same one as with Facebook: scientific information gets crowded out because people stand to profit from misinformation. Seriously, what alternative to science are you suggesting? Political populism? Let a bunch of outrage-addicted conspiracy theory junkies determine the truth with no regard to whether it matches reality? Do you really think there's an alternative system that better arrives at the truth than making and checking your predictions against reality?