Brandt, what other kind of science is there? Is peer-review not considered a kind of "concensus"? After all, if your peers cannot independently reproduce your experimental results, then you have no "science" at all!
And yes, I do realize that much of the so-called "historical" sciences are very much open to interpretation and opinion... but to dismiss them all as a "circle-jerk" is closed-minded at best, and disengenuous at worst.
The peers are majority leftist and liberal. The process is more back-scratching and glad-handing then it is testing and re-creating results.
I’m just saying the stifling of dissent we are witnessing is an ominous sign repeated from some of the darkest historical moments known to man.