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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/18/maeve-bothby-oneill-me-chronic-fatigue-syndrome

#scientificconsensus #georgemonbiot #cfsme

Matt Hodgkinson @[email protected] · 2024-10-19 · 15:16 UTC

"Scientists and those who champion them should never close ranks against empirical challenge and criticism."

George Monbiot on how criticism of the framing of CFS/ME as a psychiatric illness was portrayed as abusive to delegitimise patient concerns.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/18/maeve-bothby-oneill-me-chronic-fatigue-syndrome

#scientificconsensus #georgemonbiot #cfsme

Matt Hodgkinson @[email protected] · 2024-10-19 · 15:16 UTC

"Scientists and those who champion them should never close ranks against empirical challenge and criticism."

George Monbiot on how criticism of the framing of CFS/ME as a psychiatric illness was portrayed as abusive to delegitimise patient concerns.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/18/maeve-bothby-oneill-me-chronic-fatigue-syndrome

#scientificconsensus #georgemonbiot #cfsme

Matt Hodgkinson @[email protected] · 2024-10-19 · 15:16 UTC

"Scientists and those who champion them should never close ranks against empirical challenge and criticism."

George Monbiot on how criticism of the framing of CFS/ME as a psychiatric illness was portrayed as abusive to delegitimise patient concerns.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/18/maeve-bothby-oneill-me-chronic-fatigue-syndrome

#cfsme #georgemonbiot #scientificconsensus

Matt Hodgkinson @[email protected] · 2024-10-19 · 15:16 UTC

"Scientists and those who champion them should never close ranks against empirical challenge and criticism."

George Monbiot on how criticism of the framing of CFS/ME as a psychiatric illness was portrayed as abusive to delegitimise patient concerns.

#scientificconsensus #georgemonbiot #cfsme

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2024-02-24 · 21:36 UTC

#ScientificConsensus

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

What's a bit of a shame is that people with the "inside baseball" perspective constantly refer to consensus, without realizing that in common parlance it doesn't mean what's intended to be communicated. Scientific consensus isn't the same as consensus on what pizza to buy, a pitfall.

We (@SkepticalScience) took a stab at filling in this gap, because a widely accessible and reasonably complete explanation wasn't available.

#scientificconsensus

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2024-02-24 · 21:36 UTC

#ScientificConsensus

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

What's a bit of a shame is that people with the "inside baseball" perspective constantly refer to consensus, without realizing that in common parlance it doesn't mean what's intended to be communicated. Scientific consensus isn't the same as consensus on what pizza to buy, a pitfall.

We (@SkepticalScience) took a stab at filling in this gap, because a widely accessible and reasonably complete explanation wasn't available.

#scientificconsensus

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2024-02-24 · 21:36 UTC

#ScientificConsensus

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

What's a bit of a shame is that people with the "inside baseball" perspective constantly refer to consensus, without realizing that in common parlance it doesn't mean what's intended to be communicated. Scientific consensus isn't the same as consensus on what pizza to buy, a pitfall.

We (@SkepticalScience) took a stab at filling in this gap, because a widely accessible and reasonably complete explanation wasn't available.

#scientificconsensus

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2024-02-24 · 21:36 UTC

#ScientificConsensus

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

What's a bit of a shame is that people with the "inside baseball" perspective constantly refer to consensus, without realizing that in common parlance it doesn't mean what's intended to be communicated. Scientific consensus isn't the same as consensus on what pizza to buy, a pitfall.

We (@SkepticalScience) took a stab at filling in this gap, because a widely accessible and reasonably complete explanation wasn't available.

#scientificconsensus

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2024-02-24 · 21:36 UTC

#ScientificConsensus

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

What's a bit of a shame is that people with the "inside baseball" perspective constantly refer to consensus, without realizing that in common parlance it doesn't mean what's intended to be communicated. Scientific consensus isn't the same as consensus on what pizza to buy, a pitfall.

We (@SkepticalScience) took a stab at filling in this gap, because a widely accessible and reasonably complete explanation wasn't available.

#scientificconsensus

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2024-02-22 · 02:42 UTC

This paper a perfect example of #consilience !

[Even more powerful than #ScientificConsensus.]

#scientificconsensus #consilience

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2024-02-22 · 02:42 UTC

This paper a perfect example of #consilience !

[Even more powerful than #ScientificConsensus.]

#consilience #scientificconsensus

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2024-02-22 · 02:42 UTC

This paper a perfect example of #consilience !

[Even more powerful than #ScientificConsensus.]

#scientificconsensus #consilience

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2024-02-22 · 02:42 UTC

This paper a perfect example of #consilience !

[Even more powerful than #ScientificConsensus.]

#scientificconsensus #consilience

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2024-02-22 · 02:42 UTC

This paper a perfect example of #consilience !

[Even more powerful than #ScientificConsensus.]

#scientificconsensus #consilience

Skeptical Science @[email protected] · 2024-01-08 · 07:01 UTC

#ScientificConsensus with Dr John Cook

Misconceptions about consensus in science abound (and are sometimes encouraged). It it a popularity contest? Mindless conformity? If not those, what? To answer these and many other questions, Melanie Trecek-King - who runs the "Thinking is Power" website - talked with John Cook about the scientific consensus in general and about his study finding 97% consensus about human-cased climate change in particular.

#ClimateCognition
https://skepticalscience.com/conversation-about-the-scientific-consensus.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

#climatecognition #scientificconsensus

Skeptical Science @[email protected] · 2024-01-08 · 07:01 UTC

#ScientificConsensus with Dr John Cook

Misconceptions about consensus in science abound (and are sometimes encouraged). It it a popularity contest? Mindless conformity? If not those, what? To answer these and many other questions, Melanie Trecek-King - who runs the "Thinking is Power" website - talked with John Cook about the scientific consensus in general and about his study finding 97% consensus about human-cased climate change in particular.

#ClimateCognition
https://skepticalscience.com/conversation-about-the-scientific-consensus.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

#climatecognition #scientificconsensus

Skeptical Science @[email protected] · 2024-01-08 · 07:01 UTC

#ScientificConsensus with Dr John Cook

Misconceptions about consensus in science abound (and are sometimes encouraged). It it a popularity contest? Mindless conformity? If not those, what? To answer these and many other questions, Melanie Trecek-King - who runs the "Thinking is Power" website - talked with John Cook about the scientific consensus in general and about his study finding 97% consensus about human-cased climate change in particular.

#ClimateCognition
https://skepticalscience.com/conversation-about-the-scientific-consensus.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

#climatecognition #scientificconsensus

Skeptical Science @[email protected] · 2024-01-08 · 07:01 UTC

#ScientificConsensus with Dr John Cook

Misconceptions about consensus in science abound (and are sometimes encouraged). It it a popularity contest? Mindless conformity? If not those, what? To answer these and many other questions, Melanie Trecek-King - who runs the "Thinking is Power" website - talked with John Cook about the scientific consensus in general and about his study finding 97% consensus about human-cased climate change in particular.

#ClimateCognition
https://skepticalscience.com/conversation-about-the-scientific-consensus.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

#scientificconsensus #climatecognition

Skeptical Science @[email protected] · 2024-01-08 · 07:01 UTC

#ScientificConsensus with Dr John Cook

Misconceptions about consensus in science abound (and are sometimes encouraged). It it a popularity contest? Mindless conformity? If not those, what? To answer these and many other questions, Melanie Trecek-King - who runs the "Thinking is Power" website - talked with John Cook about the scientific consensus in general and about his study finding 97% consensus about human-cased climate change in particular.

#ClimateCognition
https://skepticalscience.com/conversation-about-the-scientific-consensus.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

#climatecognition #scientificconsensus

Javier Díaz-Nido @[email protected] · 2023-06-02 · 16:59 UTC

It matters who does science

A monolithic group of scientists will bring many of the same preconceived notions to their work. But a group of many backgrounds will bring different points of view that decrease the chance that one prevailing set of views will bias the outcome. This means that scientific consensus can be reached faster and with greater reliability. It also means that the applications and implications will be more just for all.

#Science #ScientificConsensus #DiversityinScience #Diversity

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi9021

#diversity #diversityinscience #scientificconsensus #science

Javier Díaz-Nido @[email protected] · 2023-06-02 · 16:59 UTC

It matters who does science

A monolithic group of scientists will bring many of the same preconceived notions to their work. But a group of many backgrounds will bring different points of view that decrease the chance that one prevailing set of views will bias the outcome. This means that scientific consensus can be reached faster and with greater reliability. It also means that the applications and implications will be more just for all.

#Science #ScientificConsensus #DiversityinScience #Diversity

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi9021

#diversity #diversityinscience #scientificconsensus #science

Javier Díaz-Nido @[email protected] · 2023-06-02 · 16:59 UTC

It matters who does science

A monolithic group of scientists will bring many of the same preconceived notions to their work. But a group of many backgrounds will bring different points of view that decrease the chance that one prevailing set of views will bias the outcome. This means that scientific consensus can be reached faster and with greater reliability. It also means that the applications and implications will be more just for all.

#Science #ScientificConsensus #DiversityinScience #Diversity

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi9021

#diversity #diversityinscience #scientificconsensus #science

Javier Díaz-Nido @[email protected] · 2023-06-02 · 16:59 UTC

It matters who does science

A monolithic group of scientists will bring many of the same preconceived notions to their work. But a group of many backgrounds will bring different points of view that decrease the chance that one prevailing set of views will bias the outcome. This means that scientific consensus can be reached faster and with greater reliability. It also means that the applications and implications will be more just for all.

#Science #ScientificConsensus #DiversityinScience #Diversity

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi9021

#science #scientificconsensus #diversityinscience #diversity

RationalWiki @[email protected] · 2023-01-23 · 07:31 UTC

@StrassenKatze There was a long scientific debate since the mid-1800s about the origins of #birds — whether they came from #dinosaurs or not. The scientific consensus that birds are dinosaurs only came about around 2011!

#evolution #ScientificConsensus
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Bird_evolution

#birds #dinosaurs #evolution #scientificconsensus

RationalWiki @[email protected] · 2023-01-23 · 07:31 UTC

@StrassenKatze There was a long scientific debate since the mid-1800s about the origins of #birds — whether they came from #dinosaurs or not. The scientific consensus that birds are dinosaurs only came about around 2011!

#evolution #ScientificConsensus
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Bird_evolution

#birds #dinosaurs #evolution #scientificconsensus

RationalWiki @[email protected] · 2023-01-23 · 07:31 UTC

@StrassenKatze There was a long scientific debate since the mid-1800s about the origins of #birds — whether they came from #dinosaurs or not. The scientific consensus that birds are dinosaurs only came about around 2011!

#evolution #ScientificConsensus
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Bird_evolution

#birds #dinosaurs #evolution #scientificconsensus

RationalWiki @[email protected] · 2023-01-23 · 07:31 UTC

@StrassenKatze There was a long scientific debate since the mid-1800s about the origins of #birds — whether they came from #dinosaurs or not. The scientific consensus that birds are dinosaurs only came about around 2011!

#evolution #ScientificConsensus
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Bird_evolution

#scientificconsensus #evolution #dinosaurs #birds

Upstart Crow @[email protected] · 2023-01-18 · 15:42 UTC

#scientificconsensus that #conversiontherapy is ineffective at changing a person's #sexualorientation or #genderidentity and that it frequently causes significant, long-term #psychologicalharm in individuals who undergo it.[2]

#scientificconsensus #conversiontherapy #sexualorientation #genderidentity #psychologicalharm

Upstart Crow @[email protected] · 2023-01-18 · 15:42 UTC

#scientificconsensus that #conversiontherapy is ineffective at changing a person's #sexualorientation or #genderidentity and that it frequently causes significant, long-term #psychologicalharm in individuals who undergo it.[2]

#scientificconsensus #conversiontherapy #sexualorientation #genderidentity #psychologicalharm

Upstart Crow @[email protected] · 2023-01-18 · 15:42 UTC

#scientificconsensus that #conversiontherapy is ineffective at changing a person's #sexualorientation or #genderidentity and that it frequently causes significant, long-term #psychologicalharm in individuals who undergo it.[2]

#scientificconsensus #conversiontherapy #sexualorientation #genderidentity #psychologicalharm

Upstart Crow @[email protected] · 2023-01-18 · 15:42 UTC

#scientificconsensus that #conversiontherapy is ineffective at changing a person's #sexualorientation or #genderidentity and that it frequently causes significant, long-term #psychologicalharm in individuals who undergo it.[2]

#psychologicalharm #genderidentity #sexualorientation #conversiontherapy #scientificconsensus

Upstart Crow @[email protected] · 2023-01-18 · 15:42 UTC

#scientificconsensus that #conversiontherapy is ineffective at changing a person's #sexualorientation or #genderidentity and that it frequently causes significant, long-term #psychologicalharm in individuals who undergo it.[2]

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

#scientificconsensus #conversiontherapy #sexualorientation #genderidentity #psychologicalharm

broVbro 🇺🇲 @[email protected] · 2022-12-15 · 14:46 UTC

If 97 engineers told you that driving across a new bridge would result in the bridge's collapse and your death, would you follow the advice of the other 3? If you deny #scientificconsensus in favor of fringe science, you are doing just that. The fringe science may be correct, but don't rush to judgement and trust the #scientificmethod that has worked for hundreds of years.

Thanks to @neiltyson for this clear analogy of mainstream vs fringe #science

#scientificconsensus #scientificmethod #science

broVbro 🇺🇲 @[email protected] · 2022-12-15 · 14:46 UTC

If 97 engineers told you that driving across a new bridge would result in the bridge's collapse and your death, would you follow the advice of the other 3? If you deny #scientificconsensus in favor of fringe science, you are doing just that. The fringe science may be correct, but don't rush to judgement and trust the #scientificmethod that has worked for hundreds of years.

Thanks to @neiltyson for this clear analogy of mainstream vs fringe #science

#science #scientificmethod #scientificconsensus

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2022-12-01 · 09:10 UTC

Deadly familiar tripping point when talking about consensus on climate change: "just because a lot of people agree doesn't mean it's true."

Remember to define terms. "Scientific consensus" isn't the same as agreeing what flavor of pizza to buy. Scientific consensus is a funnel made of mutually supportive theories & research findings, squeezing agreement into the same container.

We belatedly try to get brains on the same page:

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

#climatescience #scientificconsensus

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2022-12-01 · 09:10 UTC

Deadly familiar tripping point when talking about consensus on climate change: "just because a lot of people agree doesn't mean it's true."

Remember to define terms. "Scientific consensus" isn't the same as agreeing what flavor of pizza to buy. Scientific consensus is a funnel made of mutually supportive theories & research findings, squeezing agreement into the same container.

We belatedly try to get brains on the same page:

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

#climatescience #scientificconsensus

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2022-12-01 · 09:10 UTC

Deadly familiar tripping point when talking about consensus on climate change: "just because a lot of people agree doesn't mean it's true."

Remember to define terms. "Scientific consensus" isn't the same as agreeing what flavor of pizza to buy. Scientific consensus is a funnel made of mutually supportive theories & research findings, squeezing agreement into the same container.

We belatedly try to get brains on the same page:

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

#climatescience #scientificconsensus

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2022-12-01 · 09:10 UTC

Deadly familiar tripping point when talking about consensus on climate change: "just because a lot of people agree doesn't mean it's true."

Remember to define terms. "Scientific consensus" isn't the same as agreeing what flavor of pizza to buy. Scientific consensus is a funnel made of mutually supportive theories & research findings, squeezing agreement into the same container.

We belatedly try to get brains on the same page:

https://skepticalscience.com/publishing-a-long-overdue-explainer-about-a-scientific-consensus.html

#scientificconsensus #climatescience

Doug Bostrom @[email protected] · 2022-12-01 · 09:10 UTC

Deadly familiar tripping point when talking about consensus on climate change: "just because a lot of people agree doesn't mean it's true."

Remember to define terms. "Scientific consensus" isn't the same as agreeing what flavor of pizza to buy. Scientific consensus is a funnel made of mutually supportive theories & research findings, squeezing agreement into the same container.

We belatedly try to get brains on the same page: