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Recently, we happened upon a neat and detailed article, explaining what a scientific consensus is. This made us realize, that - even though we have a lot of material about the consensus - we were lacking an explainer about what a scientific consensus actually is. We have now remedied this and created a page with an explainer and an accompanying glossary entry which will point our readers towards that page with a small pop-up-box whenever they hover the cursor over the word “consensus” in an article or rebuttal on Skeptical Science. The full text is available below with the sections...

BORIS JOHNSON’S ULTIMATE TRICK Turning Personal Responsibility Into Collective Blame “Much about COVID-19 is unclear. This is not: the Government is responsible for the virus’s spread. It neglected scientific advice when delaying the lockdowns in March, September and December, and rejected the examples of other countries that had done better. And yet we know the Government does not, ever, take responsibility for its own failings. But someone must be held to account and it is easier to shame members of the public than members of the Government. This distraction from official negligence e...