"Scientific Consensus" Can Be Wrong
Here's the story of how the whole "fat is bad" legend became incorporated into the American psyche -- with possibly serious implications for our health.
Global warming adherents, beware. Sometimes 92% of all scientists -- the number quoted in the story as believing that fat caused heart disease -- can be wrong.
Global warming adherents, beware. Sometimes 92% of all scientists -- the number quoted in the story as believing that fat caused heart disease -- can be wrong.
posted by LadybugUSA at 10:21 PM
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During the middle ages it was the, "consensus" amongst many scientists that the earth was flat. Many scientific Christians at the time were imprisoned because they belived the Bible which says, "The earth hangs in the heavens like a GLOBE."
If you read the article, it notes that there was not clear scientific consensus on heart disease and fat. From Keys' research there developed a public policy consensus, which is different.
This is just obfuscation. There is no comparison between this case and the scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming.
TVSWPOO:
That's just semantics. As the article makes clear, the public policy consensus grew from the supposed "scientific consensus" -- and that's the same route that the anthropogenic global warming believers are trying to lead us down now.
Carol,
You said, "As the article makes clear, the public policy consensus grew from the supposed "scientific consensus""
You are correct. People making policy supposed there was scientific consensus when there wasn't any.
There were actually sharp divisions in the scientific community on the "colesterol controversy" for years, decades actually.
The scientific consensus on global warming is not supposed. It is real.
It's easy to claim concensus when you discount anyone who disagrees.
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