/sci/ - Science & Math

>>7952651
>>>7952614
>>following the preponderance of the evidence is a popularity contest
>>following the preponderance of politicized science funding.
ftfy

What do you call an untenured American scientist who publicly doubts AGW? Unemployed.

The "preponderance of evidence" said Classical Mechanics was correct. Along came Quantum Mechanics. I guess Classical Mechanics was a conspiracy.

The "preponderance of evidence" said that the fixed space & time theory of physics was correct. Along came relativity. I guess standard physics was a conspiracy.

The "preponderance of evidence" said that the continents did not move. Along came the theory of continental drift. I guess fixed continent theory was a conspiracy.

The "preponderance of evidence" said that the phlogiston theory was true. Along came modern combustion theory. I guess the phlogiston theory was a conspiracy.

You are so meme-addled by this "settled science/consensus/it-could-only-be-a-conspiracy" crap that you've lost all ability to understand the basics of the scientific method.

When people say "consensus" they've stopped talking science and started talking politics.

>>7722150
Look at them moronic conspiracy theorists...

A scientific consensus said the continents didn't move. Conspiracy theorist said otherwise.
A scientific consensus said that light move through the ether. A conspiracy theorist said otherwise.
A scientific consensus said the phlogiston theory of fire was correct. Only conspiracy theorists doubted it.
A scientific consensus said that space and time were fixed. Wacky conspiracy theorist said otherwise.
A scientific consensus said that atoms were the smallest piece of matter. Nutjob conspiracy theorists said otherwise.

In the old Soviet Union, anyone who didn't believe in communism was crazy and locked up in a psycho ward. Anyone who didn't believe in Lysenkoism had a similar fate. Funny how anyone who doesn't believe in the unfalsifiable dogma of Climate Change is also a nutter.

The more things change...

>>7089667
How many skeptics were on those committees? ZERO.
No conspiracy theory needed just self-interest and collegialitiy.

Seriously, why do some of you anons get so obsessed with the conspiracy theory meme? I guess the pain of witnessing a failed pseudo-science is just to unpleasant to deal with.

Could you give us a detailed explanation of the "fixed continents" conspiracy theory?
Please explain the "phlogiston" conspiracy theory?
How about explaining the "atoms are the smallest piece of matter" conspiracy theory?
And how about the defense of constant space and time by "100 authors against Einstein." That was some serious conspiring there!