I thought mentioning Einstein alone would end any conversation abut consensus. In Germany we learn early at school that most great minds published their work to challenge the scientific consensus. I have only seen consensus as an argument in politics, specifically for the EU. Well, that was until I discussed in climate change.
"Someone else said it's true, thus it is true" has never been part of any scientific or philosophical debate I had and it is a very alien concept to me. Maybe there was a time in Germany that we learned from to never blindly trust authorities.
Yeah, well as you see that didn't end up being the case. You and I are of like mind on this.
I honestly never had a well thought out argument against scientific consensus, because I never needed it. Thanks for the article. It is a pretty good explanation of my thoughts on the topic as well.