Scientific Consensus is extremely fallible

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[–]Shoah_Kahn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Mistake no.1: Treating science like some democratic vote or a "consensus".

Mistake no.2: Assuming that "$cience" is free of the corrupting alloy of money.

Mistake no.3: Trusting those who've historically proven to be unable to translate their gobbledygook to the lay people they often directly affect.

Mistake no.4: Listening to the spokespeople of science -- government, corporate mouthpieces etc. -- who have direct, vested interests in what they are promoting and, often, paying for.

Mistake no.5: DELEGATING ALL THINKING TO THE SO-CALLED "THINKERS".