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#86 Consensus Science

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November 19, 2010 · One Comment

We look at scientific consensus through the eyes of non-scientists. Skeptic North bloggers Erik Davis and Steve Thoms explain how non-professional researchers can understand the state of modern science on questions from climate change to the effects of electromagnetic fields.

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  1. How about like natural sciences & complexity… how does one quantify whether ‘nerds are hot?’ or whether science is fixed in regard to variability… myth of objectivity and that stuff don’t happen in a vacuum

    by Ben · on November 19, 2010 at 6:52 pm




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