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Sure, but that doesn't mean consensus is wrong by default. If there's evidence that mainstream academia is ignoring without good reason, that's another matter,
by marcellus23 3y ago
Sure, but that doesn't mean consensus is wrong by default. If there's evidence that mainstream academia is ignoring without good reason, that's another matter, but to my knowledge that's not the case.
- calderknight 3y agoI don't think people are suggesting it is wrong by default, just that it's not correct by default, and is in this case the theory it has arrived at is deeply underdetermined by the evidence.
- marcellus23 3y agoMy understanding is that the theory made sense given the evidence we had, and now that we have new evidence, it calls that theory into question — isn't this the nature of scientific progress? And, regardless, what does any of this have to do with indigenous knowledge?
- calderknight 3y agoA lot of theories make sense given the evidence we have.
- marcellus23 3y agoI don't know what your point is.
- calderknight 3y agoIf a lot of theories made sense given the evidence we had, why would we need new evidence in order to call the theory into question? The theory was never not in question.