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What is scientific consensus

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Scientific consensus is the collective judgment, position, and opinion of the community of scientists in a particular field of study. Consensus implies general agreement, though not necessarily unanimity.
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The opinion of scientists in a particular field with majority of them supporting a concept, belief or a suitability of a question lead to scientific consensus. The consensus may or may not be proved true at the end of the research but at their primary level they gain maximum support as they are based on some evidence or observation. Overall scientific consensus can be stated as convergence of high quality evidences leading to same conclusions.

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