It matters who does science

A monolithic group of scientists will bring many of the same preconceived notions to their work. But a group of many backgrounds will bring different points of view that decrease the chance that one prevailing set of views will bias the outcome. This means that scientific consensus can be reached faster and with greater reliability. It also means that the applications and implications will be more just for all.

#Science #ScientificConsensus #DiversityinScience #Diversity

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi9021

Babylon Bee - Oh No! Scientists Determine We're Actually Headed For An Ice Age And We Have To Pump As Much CO2 As Possible Into The Atmosphere Or We're All Gonna Die:

https://babylonbee.com/news/oh-no-scientists-determine-were-actually-headed-for-an-ice-age-and-we-have-to-pump-as-much-co2-as-possible-into-the-atmosphere-or-were-all-gonna-die

#MiniIceAge #GlobalCooling #CO2 #ScientificConsensus #ApocalypticScience

Deadly familiar tripping point when talking about consensus on climate change: "just because a lot of people agree doesn't mean it's true."

Remember to define terms. "Scientific consensus" isn't the same as agreeing what flavor of pizza to buy. Scientific consensus is a funnel made of mutually supportive theories & research findings, squeezing agreement into the same container.

We belatedly try to get brains on the same page:

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

#ScientificConsensus
#ClimateScience

When happening upon a neat article, explaining what a #ScientificConsensus is, we realized, that - even though we have a lot of material about the #consensus - we were lacking an explainer about what a scientific consensus actually is. We have now remedied this and created a page with an explainer and an accompanying glossary entry which will point our readers towards that page with a small pop-up-box.

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

#Music is a subjective substance (experience) and an #objective substance.

The former is perceived experientially - we hear the sound of music.

The latter is understood experimentally - we research #physics

Epistemically, that perception is a "grounded" theory. An #Empirically, objectively tested - testament (e.g., #physics #chemistry #biology)

Subjectively, the knowledge framework is #EvolutionaryBiology and #Psychology

The #ScientificConsensus - fits together into a general theory

Sharyl Attkisson - #CDC senior scientist: We trashed data showing #vaccine-autism link in African-American boys:

https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/06/read-cdc-senior-scientist-we-trashed-data-showing-vaccine-autism-link-in-african-american-boys/

#Vaccines #Autism #Vaccination #MeaslesMumpsRubella #MMR #Verstraeten #Pediatrics #MADDSP #Racism #BigPharma #ScientificConsensus #Censorship

Dennis O'Connor - Can we trust the #experts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEsm3VatReQ

#AppealToAuthority #QuestionAuthority #AdHominemAttack #Bias #ResearcherBias #BigPharma #ConflictOfInterest #ScientificConsensus #Censorship #Propaganda #NoBidContracts #Cronyism #WuhanCoronavirus #Plandemic