“ One of the difficulties in raising public concern over the very severe threats of global warming is that 40 percent of the US population does not see why it is a problem, since Christ is returning in… Noam Chomsky
“ I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough. Nobody says the consensus of scientists agrees that… Michael Crichton
“ I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be… Michael Crichton
“ This isn't to deny that there were fierce arguments, at the time and ever since, about the causes and goals of both the Civil War and the Second World War. But 1861 and 1941 each created a common nati… George Packer
“ I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be… Michael Crichton
“ Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically elected Hamas, which has long been… Noam Chomsky
“ To leave a man's ego bigger, retweet him. To leave his faculty of reasoning better, challenge his tweet. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else. Glenn Greenwald
“ A high self-esteem having artist works hard to be understood. A low self-esteem having artist works hard to be agreed with. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ This new consensus seemed so compelling that Ernst Mayr, the dean of modern Darwinians, opened the ashcan of history for a deposit of Geoffrey's ideas about anatomical unity. Stephen Jay Gould
“ If someone asks you why you're oppressing a world and you reply with a lot of poetic crap, no. I guess there can't be a meeting of minds. Roger Zelazny
“ Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say want they want to hear. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ FUCK UNITY! FUCK CONSENSUS! There was no unity or consensus during the American Revolution. We had principled leadership from a small, vocal, minority that refused to compromise on the issue of indivi… A.E. Samaan
“ If anyone does not understand you, just go for consensus. If not, do not move further, the solution is, just abandon it. Binod Syangtan
“ Life in society requires consensus as an indispensable condition. But consensus, to be productive, requires that each individual contribute independently out of of his experience and insight. Solomon E. Asch
