Silly doctor. Boiled down to its essence, what is a scientific theory but the current best consensus about a specific natural phenomenon (e.g., the theory of evolution, germ theory, the theory of relativity, etc.)? 1/https://twitter.com/jorient/status/1107035447601954816 …
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As for the examples you give, no one ever said the scientific consensus can't be questioned. However, scientists won't take your challenge to the consensus seriously if you can't back it up with compelling evidence. Nor should they. 2/
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Overthrowing or substantively modifying a scientific consensus requires evidence that conclusively shows that the existing paradigm is incomplete or in error. Just questioning because you don't like scientific conclusions ain't gonna cut it. 3/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/on-the-right-to-challenge-a-medical-or-scientific-consensus/ …
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Indeed, all of those old consensuses, now overthrown, were changed through the scientific process and evidence. 4/
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Just because a current scientific consensus might be radically altered in the future due to new evidence doesn’t mean that "consensus is the death of science." That's just an excuse cranks use to reject science they don't like without having to back it up with evidence. 5/
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And, of course, scientific consensus is more often evolutionary than revolutionary, with each new theory taking into account the old theory; e.g., how relativity collapses into Newtonian physics at velocities that are a small fraction of the speed of light. 6/
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It saddens me to see someone like @jorient post such nonsense about science. MDs need to have a better understanding of the nature of science. Hers is poor. 7/7
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I wish I could see what she tweeted. She blocked me a while ago
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