Dagosa
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Of course. And I’ll go a step further. Some-of the greatest discoveries of all time occurred with individual accomplishment at their root. But, these revelations ONLY occur after many years of work and further verification, experimentation and and consensus by the scientific community at large. It just doesn’t happen in a vacuumed.I've got to push back a bit on that. Science can be deeply affected by a single person if they're science is good and says something different. The discovery of dark energy, dark matter and the accelerating expansion of the universe were each initially due to the work of a small number of individuals.
Unfortunately, neither Judith Curry, Roy Spencer, John Christy, Roger Pielke Sr, Willie Soon, Will Happer, Sallie Bailunas nor anyone else rejecting the consensus position are such individuals.
Everything occurs on the shoulders of those who came before and those who continue the work afterwards.
These persons are acknowledged as key contributors only after their work has been tested and scrutinized by the community at large. And, even this scrutinizing has led to further discoveries and expansions that even those originally credited as key discoveries, never envisioned.
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