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Originally Posted by photon
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But politically and ideologically, the term "consensus" is not used in that manner nor it is correctly understood by many people. The word "consensus" when used by politicians and lobbyists and the media is more often used to emotionally sway people into believe that the science is 100% agreed upon and completed.
We both understand that science by definition operates on incompleteness and that theory is the the best tested and explanatory proof until proven otherwise. How many do not and claim that a scientific theory is only an idea that has not been not been proven or supported?
There is a majority view and I don't believe at all that they are wrong. I just think there is plenty of merit to the minority of view as well and I am more interested in studying and talking about than because it does not receive enough attention.
I don't disbelieve man made climate change. I take issue with the so-called "climategate". For me, this is a social and political issue. Not a scientific one.