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How to Manufacture an Expert 'Consensus'

How to Manufacture an Expert 'Consensus'

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Jan 28, 2023
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We are living in an era in which, for better or for worse, governments feel the need to legitimate their public policies in reference to the opinions of experts. And the more those opinions resemble a broad expert “consensus,” the more a government can feel entitled to say it has “the science” on its side, and the more easily it can dismiss dissenters a…

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