Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn’t seem to understand a very basic point: the purpose of the scientific method is not to “produce consensus” but rather to discover the truth.
(I’ve NEVER thought Tyson should be given the status that most people seem to think he deserves … I’m not impressed whatsoever.)
In this clip he advocates for medical and scientific ‘consensus’ rather than the actual science. Consensus science would never advance the knowledge and theory base, because the vast majority all new discoveries are made by fringe thinkers who operate outside of, and who challenge, the consensus. Since history has shown us that science has advanced the knowledge and theory base, we have evidence that science is not built on consensus.

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