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Science, in the public arena, is commonly used as a source of authority with which to bludgeon political opponents and propagandize uninformed citizens

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The best known modern examples of consensus science are that of biologists favoring Darwin's [[Theory of evolution]] and the [[environmentalist]] faith in [[Anthropogenic global warming]].

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[[MIT]] Climate scientist [[Richard Lindzen]] wrote:

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:Science, in the public arena, is commonly used as a source of authority with which to bludgeon political opponents and propagandize uninformed citizens. ... It is a reprehensible practice that corrodes our ability to make rational decisions. [http://www-eaps.mit.edu/faculty/lindzen/OpEds/LindzenWSJ.pdf]

==External links==

*[http://www.sepp.org/Archive/NewSEPP/Consensus-Corcoran.htm Climate consensus and the end of science] - Terence Corcoran

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