OK, OKC, you may be serious after all, but your coming on strong
dismissing RealClimate and IPCC as "activist" doesn't bode well and
left me and others with the impression that you are a troll.
As for the role of consensus in science, it's a necessary though not
sufficient component. If you question everything you will find
yourself in the 17th century trying to be a renaissance man, which is
admirable enough I suppose but not very practical. This is an
interesting topic in itself, but I suggest that the folks squawking
about consensus haven't really thought about how intellectual progress
works.
Consensus isn't infallible, but many scientific communities with a
policy impact have a formal consensus gathering process. I have seen
consensus documents out of NIH for instance. How else are we to
communicate with the policy sector? Government sponsors bringing
together the experts to see what those experts agree about. This is
perfectly appropriate. Do you have some other mechanism to propose?
I understand you are unconvinced that IPCC and RealClimate represent
science, but it's peculiar to be asking us to ignore some of our most
valuable resources in outlining the situation to you. It's one thing
to be skeptical, another entirely to be dismissive.
So if you aren't a troll, please proceed without prejudging sources.
mt
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