Science

James Heartfield Jim at heartfield.demon.co.uk
Thu Dec 7 14:55:17 PST 2000

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In message <F259D3JkUwWpSWerOc000009eb6 at hotmail.com>, Justin Schwartz <jkschw at hotmail.com> writes
>Of course this is absolutely wrong. Science is decided by consensus. The
>consensus may be wrong, but what makes something scientifically respectable
>is that the scientists agree on it. --jks

No you are absolutely wrong. Scientific facts are decided by material. Scientific consensus merely recognises that.

The earth was not flat when scientists thought it was, it was round. The consensus caught up with the truth of the matter, it did not create it. -- James Heartfield

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