On the subject of overwhelming evidence

 

I am resolutely unpersuaded by any argument that includes “all the experts say x.” A little research invariably unearths experts who don’t say x, or even deny x, while anyone who knows the pressure academics are now under to conform to modern orthodoxy or risk losing their reputations / jobs has already learned to discount the agreement of all but the leading lights in support of any cause.

My point is not that the cause itself is necessarily wrong, just that the “all experts” argument has been so inexpertly over-used as to invite dissent from anyone with an inquiring mind.