The Silence of Scientific Consensus The recent announcements about possible extraterrestrial life on K2 18b and Mars have captured the imagination of the public.
However, they also highlight our lack of understanding of how scientists really think. In the rush to sensationalize breakthroughs, we often forget that scientific consensus is rarely a simple "yes" or "no.
" Instead, it's a nuanced landscape of agreement, disagreement, and neutrality. A recent survey by researchers at Durham University's C Scope found that only 6.