but in science, there are no authorities. and there is no consensus.
the only thing that matters is truth. numbers, facts, and logical demonstrations. stuff we can read, analyse, reproduce to end up with the same (or not) conclusions.
i am very very annoyed by articles that say "on subject X, we have way too many people not saying Y"
this is totally unaceptable in science.
do i have to remember you that the scientific authorities of their times told us that no human would ever go faster than a horse ? that people taking trains would suffocate ?
that others told the Wright brothers that nothing heavier than air would ever fly ?
that everything there was to discover through science had already been found and there was nothing more to find ?
we don't even know where the covid emanated. we have people that think it's natural, and papers that explain how the protein spike has been inserted because it never has been seen nor did it happen nor could it happen in nature ? i don't know myself what to think of that.
some people will never believe truth, even if we put it in front of them.
we should not spend or lose time with them.
focus on making good science. do not recognize any authority especially if they say "this is true because i am an authority in my field". einstein warned us deerly about those kind of authorities.
good science will use facts and provable facts to advance our knowledge and seek truth. let's focus on that.
in the end, it does not matter how much videos or papers with false content are on internet, or youtube. in the very end, the truth wins and all those false claims, those false articles, those false videos, will end up in the bin of history.
let's focus on making good science and finding truth. and not spend a single minute trying to fight, if false, that climate denial on youtube. because it's a Don Quixote fight.