Why do people think the scientific consensus = reality? As in "if something is currently thought of as true by most scientists in the field then it's a fact"?
Scientists used to claim that:
>Pluto is a planet
>time is not relative
>bread should be abundant in your diet
>tobacco isn't that bad for you
>lobotomy and electroshock therapy should be common medical practices
>homosexuality and transsexuality are illnesses
>the universe is eternal
And now they claim otherwise.