The notion of a monolithic “science,” meaning what scientists say, is pernicious and the notion of “scientific consensus” actively so. The route to knowledge is transparency in disagreement and openness in debate. The route to truth is the pluralist expression of conflicting views in which, often not as quickly as we might like, good ideas drive out bad. There is no room in this process for any notion of “scientific consensus.”
- John Kay, Science is the pursuit of truth, not consensus
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- Imperial College forecaster provides an update - Nigel Tufnel - 2:30pm 3/26/20
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- Dr Brix explained this in presser today & is reason that low impact areas may be taken off restricit - BaronVonZemo - 7:51pm 3/26/20
- Any chance he graduated from the University of East Anglia? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:56pm 3/26/20
- See my link in the thread below - ND_in_DRO - 3:55pm 3/26/20
- Ah yes, the 'experts'. What would we do without them? [NT] - Nigel Tufnel - 4:23pm 3/26/20
- Science by consensus again? - iairishcheeks - 3:59pm 3/26/20
- "swallowed capsules containing scabs from pellagra rashes" - Rooney - 4:59pm 3/26/20
- Thinking of throwing a Goldberg filth party? - TakethetrainKnute - 9:26am 3/27/20
- Great read. I recently read an article about Semmelweis. (Seriously, what are the odds of that?) - NedoftheHill - 4:25pm 3/26/20
- You'll probably also like this quote. - iairishcheeks - 4:35pm 3/26/20
- Good stuff. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 6:56pm 3/26/20
- You'll probably also like this quote. - iairishcheeks - 4:35pm 3/26/20
- This is a fast-moving situation cheeks - ND_in_DRO - 4:13pm 3/26/20
- Of course. [LINK]
- iairishcheeks - 4:24pm 3/26/20
- And the time for that discussion is when new cases per day are going down, not up [NT]
- ND_in_DRO - 7:56pm 3/26/20
- Agree in principle. - iairishcheeks - 3:04am 3/27/20
- Bingo. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 7:52pm 3/26/20
- And the time for that discussion is when new cases per day are going down, not up [NT]
- ND_in_DRO - 7:56pm 3/26/20
- Of course. [LINK]
- iairishcheeks - 4:24pm 3/26/20
- "swallowed capsules containing scabs from pellagra rashes" - Rooney - 4:59pm 3/26/20
- "I knew I shoulda made that left turn at Albuquerque." [NT] - jakers - 3:24pm 3/26/20