This bias, often accompanied with demeaning language presented with extreme self-righteous indignation that one would dare question the ‘settled science’ of the consensus." (G.White)
This prejudice is not limited to those with a limited understanding of the science but is widespread among those who think they understand and even quite prevalent among notable scientists in the field.
"The IPCC reaction when presented with contraindicative evidence is that there’s no way it can be true, deserves no consideration & can be ignored. It makes it almost impossible to get contraindicative evidence into any main stream journal. (G.White)
Climate science is the most controversial science of the modern era. Those who accept the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) as the arbiter of climate science, fail to recognize that a controversy even exists.
