Science is the only known way to build consensus on hard technical questions, author argues
jessi_cata · x · 2026-11-11
The author argues that for hard technical questions involving the real world (not just math), there is no known way to build reasonably accurate consensus among a power-weighted supermajority of decision-makers other than science — while noting science itself doesn't work reliably here either.
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