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throw4847285today at 2:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

"Consensus science" is science.


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tim333today at 5:25 PM

Not by my prefered definition. I like science being the study of nature through reason and experiment. Reality trumps consensus.

yxhuvudtoday at 2:38 PM

Yes, though when the consensus doesn't work for predictions then it is a matter of time until it stops being science.