> Consensus is a problem of humans that disrupts the scientific process No, no, consensus is the only reason we have science, or language, or much of anything

> Consensus is a problem of humans that disrupts the scientific process No, no, consensus is the only reason we have science, or language, or much of anything humans find interesting. Let me explain: Science is a thing humans do. Without humans around, I don't see ants doing science anytime soon :) When humans share the stuff they do and reach agreement, that is called consensus. In other words, any word you use, it is because humans wanted to communicate and reach consensus, so they invented a word for it. So you have it backwards, it's humans -> consensus -> science, not science -> consensus -> humans.