a consensus within the scientific community .. like when we went into space or exploded the first nuke. There were worries and doubters, but the scientific consensus was,...Consensus is a political term. Not a scientific one.Scientific consensus is the collective judgment, position, and opinion of the community of scientists in a particular field of study. Consensus implies general agreement, though not necessarily unanimity."Consensus" science...isn't science. It is political pure and simple. If I ask you what the speed of light is you will tell me a number (well you probably don't know it) and that number is either accurate or it's not. There is no "consensus" needed to know what that is. That..... is science.
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WRONG. There was no "consensus" whether the nukes would go off. Are you retarded? It was KNOWN they would go off. The only question was what the yield would be.