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   From: JW@jw.com   
      
   On 8/14/2021 10:58 AM, Rudy Canoza wrote:   
   >   
   > In the scientific field of climate studies – which is informed by many   
   > different disciplines – the consensus is demonstrated by the number of   
   > scientists who have stopped arguing about what is causing climate change   
   > – and that’s nearly all of them.   
   >   
   > So no, science is not "done by consensus," as Hartung querulously puts   
   > it ("Since when is science done by consensus?")  Rather, the scientific   
   > consensus *emerges* once most scientists stop arguing.   
      
      
   So scientific consensus is like this:  “Never argue with an idiot.   
      
   They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”   
      
     ― Mark Twain   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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