“Should scientific truth be subjected to a vote?”

“Should scientific truth be subjected to a vote?”

 

Wikimedia Commons Belgian election
The question to be resolved in this plebiscite: “Is light a particle or a wave?”
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We hear, quite often, of “scientific consensus.”

 

This fine little article makes a very important point in that regard:

 

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2015/09/29/should_scientific_truth_be_subjected_to_a_vote_109398.html

 

Posted from Victor, New York

 

 


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