> Whatever consensus you wish to call it, it was the consensus of those in power in society at the time that believed they knew the truth. Your definition here

> Whatever consensus you wish to call it, it was the consensus of those in power in society at the time that believed they knew the truth. Your definition here is an apt one, and your examples demonstrate this particular effect well. My beef is that you framed them as 'examples of when the scientific consensus was wrong' when they do not demonstrate 'scientific consensus.'