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I'll hit other points later, but I think you just based your right to talk about consensus in science on The Tesla/Edision wars not happening.
So... wait...
You're saying that the existence of a single man who had an ulterior agenda who was unable to convince the general sceintific community despite the use of shock tactics (hehe, I made a funny) and political influence is an example of the sceintific methodolgy of consesus and peer review failing?
Did I actually just read that?
Are you saying that because Edison was being a dick, and that the far superior, process proposed by the scientists won is evidence to support your case?
Holy shit. Do you have an understanding of history? Do you even know what the Edison/Tesla "War of the Currents" was about? You do realise that the reason Tesla won that is because his sceince was more convincing, right? That he is a quintessential proof of actual sceince being divorced from political or economic interests?
Wow.
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