[pepsionice]

For those who might entertain the thought of settled science....there are over 600 scientific fields. As of this date in history....only one single field is settled at present or we are told of it’s settlement. The odds of having a settled science? Statistical wizards would tell you it’d be one in a billion.

Even to this date....there are still hundreds across the globe trying to put down Einstein’s theories....of which some have been on the books for almost a hundred years. Yet the term ‘settled’ has yet to appear on Einstein’s thoughts.

[clearcarbon]

"Save Us from the Tyranny of 'Settled' Science"

Ptolemy's Geocentric Model of the cosmos was pretty much "settled science" and provided pretty accurate predictions of where the planets would be in the sky until astronomers finally realized that it was the earth and planets orbiting the sun rather than the whole universe orbiting the earth.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Climate scientists seem to have a habit of cherry-picking data that fits their desired conclusion, and discarding the rest. They basically admitted to it in the IPCC which led to “climate gate”. NASA scientists, namely James Hansen, have been known to actually alter data to fit the global warming template. Liberals still view this as legitimate science, however, which demonstrates that their personal integrity does not survive their political aspiration. Climate science seem to be based on “consensus”, not observation and experimentation, which is what for a thousand years led everyone to believe that the sun went around the earth. But that is not considered science today, and “progressive” liberals are stuck in the dark ages in this respect.

[Artie]

Also part of the scientific method is the necessity of reproducible results...unless,of course,that dastardly mental disorder keeps getting in the way.

[justa-hairyape]

Settled science does not hurt ones self esteem.

[Gene Eric]

Excellent.

The 2nd and 3rd paragraphs describe well the means to the desired outcome — pick any conclusion, and then find (or define) the rationale to get there.

[Democratic-Republican]

Save Us from the Tyranny of 'Settled' Science

Absolutely. An Oxymoron. But also ...

Save Us from the Tyranny of 'Settled' Law

The latter oxymoron has recently been uttered by the likes of Cruz, Levin, Hannity, Rush, O'Reilly, Beck.

Corrupted Science. Corrupted Politics. Corrupted Political Science. Political Correctness. It's all Corrupt.

[ronnie raygun]

Settled science law is the liberal progressive socialist dream. We have settled the argument over global warming, this case is closed we will now have access to your bank accounts to fund this lie

[muir_redwoods]

geocentrism, phlogiston, phrenology and the four humours were once settled science.

[Excellence]

srbfl

[Jim Noble]

When a conclusion is constantly verified,it is enshrined in what might be called "established" science

That's actually not how scientists (real ones) operate.

As soon as a "conclusion" is "constantly verified" to the point that it can be published in Nature, PNAS, Cell, or some other such journal, it comes under relentless attack.

The whole enterprise is one giant game of King of the Hill.

Of course, introduce government funding into the picture and the whole thing turns to shit in a hurry.

[Oztrich Boy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_science

• The maximum effect that is observed is produced by a causative agent of barely detectable intensity, and the magnitude of the effect is substantially independent of the intensity of the cause.
• The effect is of a magnitude that remains close to the limit of detectability, or many measurements are necessary because of the very low statistical significance of the results.
• There are claims of great accuracy.
• Fantastic theories contrary to experience are suggested.
• Criticisms are met by ad hoc excuses.
• The ratio of supporters to critics rises and then falls gradually to oblivion.

Sound familiar?