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To: bert

I have seen the phrase settled science used by both side in the global warming debates, along with it’s cousin consensus.

Most other fields of science seem to actively avoid those phrases. The closest fields like geology and physics seem to come are lines like “dominant paradigm”.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/03/10/a-case-study-bearing-on-the-nature-of-consensus-in-normal-science-and-in-the-agw-controversy/


18 posted on 04/30/2016 5:54:28 AM PDT by Fraxinus (My opinion, worth what you paid.)
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To: Fraxinus

Unfortunately astrophysics and cosmology are plagued by the institutional science problem in a big way as well. The number of hotfixes necessary to maintain the “Big Bang” paradigm long ago exceeded what would be proper for a valid hypothesis. We’ve gotten to the point where allegedly serious people take theories like “dark matter” not only seriously, but as a given.


27 posted on 04/30/2016 8:00:18 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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