The term “settled science” is an oxymoron.
Science by its very nature can never be settled and its ideas must always be challenged.
The idea that science is settled is...anti-scientific.
Actually, it’s called Lysenko-ism.
Look up Stalin’s favorite scientist. This little creep in a white lab coat sent thousands of his colleagues to the Gulag for daring to dissent with Stalinist scientific orthodoxy.
Lysenko lives on in American universities. Academic Stalinism has ruled there with an iron fist since the 1950’s.
These would-be little dictators needs to consult with their respective law schools and issue a call for papers on how to operationalize the concept of prosecuting citizens for expressing contrary scientific opinions.