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0 pointsAcebulf3y ago0 comments

> I think climate change is a problem (not a crisis) but it's important to note that if a scientist questions climate science, he becomes a pariah.

People who have never done science really like this idea of the general scientific community being some sort of secret society that agrees to support eachothers ideas.

If you put 5 scientists in a room, you can't get them to agree on >anything<. The idea that disagreement is enough to get you outcast from "science" is complete nonsense.

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slibhb3y ago

I know scientists who are climate change skeptics. However, what gets published ("the consensus") isn't the same as "what scientists think".

This isn't only true in science, it's true in virtually all parts of human societies. It's hard to go against the grain and you're naive if you think doing so doesn't blight careers.

jarenmf3y ago

Who is preventing the skeptics from posting their arguments anonymously to arxiv for us to see how the arguments hold?

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pmichaud3y ago

This is a pretty serious misunderstanding of the claim you're responding to. It's not that scientists in general agree about everything in general. It's that certain hot button issues become politicized in such a way that prevents real scientific skepticism / decent on those subjects in particular.

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