Prof. Pielke Jr.: ‘Efforts to reduce uncertainty via ‘consensus science’ — such as scientific assessments — are misplaced. Consensus science can provide only an illusion of certainty’
'When consensus is substituted for a diversity of perspectives, it may in fact unnecessarily constrain decision-makers' options...the purpose of developing a 'consensus' is to to quash dissent and end debate. Is it any wonder that policy discussions in the face of such a perspective are a dialogue of the like minded?'
