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Dissent, Silencing, and the Climate Change Debate

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Dr. Matthew Wielicki
Feb 10, 2024
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Manufacturing consensus refers to the idea that certain organizations, for example, the IPCC, and groups such as climate scientists, use various strategies to create the illusion of widespread agreement on an issue, even when it might not exist.

In historical cases, scientific communities ostracized individuals like Galileo Galilei who challenged scient…

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