@dfreedman7 That's true, but it is far from the only example, and there's no law of nature which ensures that such crackpots must remain in the minority. Sometimes they don't. Quite a few entire academic fields are now dominated by such crackpottery.
@dfreedman7 Another example is climatology. The scientific evidence indicates manmade climate change is modest & benign, and CO2 emissions are beneficial. The major harms are all hypothetical & mostly implausible; the major benefits are proven, measured & very large.
@dfreedman7 But in some supposedly-scientific circles, it is heresy to admit such things. The "climate catastrophe" has become as much an irrational article of faith for them as the irrational belief that the coronavirus vaccine alters people's DNA is for pharmacist Steven Brandenburg.
@dfreedman7 The consequences of such irrationality are tragic. "Fuel poverty" kills thousands of Europeans each winter because national "investments" in wind & solar energy, to "fight climate change," make fuel so expensive that the poor cannot heat their homes.
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