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“Consensus Science” and the Herd

23rd June 2009

Jerry Pournelle has something to say about “consensus science”.

Apparently I’m not the only one to have noticed the herd mentality at New Scientist magazine.

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2 Responses to ““Consensus Science” and the Herd”

  1. Norman Hines Says:
    June 23rd, 2009 at 16:27

    Jerry Pournell does write some fine science fiction, but isn’t “consensus science” another name for the bandwagon fallacy? Wasn’t it “consensus science” reasponsible for excommunicating Galileo and banning Copernicus’s books?

    Baroness Thatcher said, “Consensus is the antithesis of leadership.”

  2. Tim of Angle Says:
    June 23rd, 2009 at 16:30

    And she was right.

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