Webb Falsified Dark Matter Prediction – and No One Cares [video]

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I have long maintained that scientific consensus is always political and only rarely based on fact. The noisiest and most politically astute scientists rise in stature and influence and sometimes viciously defend their pet beliefs whether they are correct or not.

As a scientist, it’s not always political, but it does take time to progress due to the zero sum nature of funding.

We are in an era of dogmatism when it comes to which questions will be funded to explore, but the pendulum will eventually swing back.

These trends are generational in nature due to older folks having the power of the purse.

Politics is simply preference.

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