"Science isn’t the sum of what scientists think. Had science operated by majority consensus we would be still stuck in the Middle Ages and Einstein would have ended as he started, a patent clerk with fruitless side hobbies." — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Yes, which is why the notion of a general human "we" in science is absurd. The folks that really care about getting it right are always a tiny minority.
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Most people don't care how the light goes on when they flip the switch, or how their food stays cold in the fridge, or heats up in the oven, or how medicine works. Most don't think about the flickering flame of consciousness on this rock in space.
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Most people find it offensive if someone pursues truth in an area where the socially preferred way of thinking is settled.
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