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There are plenty of soft sciences (and even some hard) where the sum-total of know facts still have different interpretations.

• bumby 5y ago
  Yes, but that cannot be called a consensus. I’d claim that just means there is too much uncertainty to make a determination. (And less anyone misunderstands, consensus is not synonymous with unanimous)
  • Chris2048 5y ago
    Hmm, yet many forge on ahead. If lack of consensus was lethal I'm not sure much of what we "know" about history would be accepted.
    • bumby 5y ago
      Accepted isn’t necessarily the problem. Being willing to accept without acknowledging remaining uncertainty is the problem. Science is often about narrowing in on the answer, while being humble enough to acknowledge it may not be “the” answer. Most new ideas that occur at the margins of that uncertainty won’t initially be accepted, but as more data comes in that uncertainty is reduced