Posted by
Doc Stephens on Friday, May 01, 2009 7:06:35 AM
"There is a consensus . . . The science is settled . . .”
Whenever I hear these notions from journalists, politicians, or scientists, my arms flail and my head explodes. Virtually every great breakthrough in science resulted from someone daring to challenge the conventional wisdom, discovering something that no one knew. I understand politicians and journalists missing this point, but when a scientist utters such a claim, it is an admission that no breakthrough has occurred.
Science is never settled! "Settled science" is an oxymoron! If it is "settled" it is not science, it is dogma.