Yes. However, I’m not stupid either because science does change. There was “overwhelming evidence” that Thalidomide was safe around pregnant mothers; and only just now are we realizing that the “overwhelming evidence” that it’s completely safe to use antibiotics for everything with reckless abandon wasn’t the full story.

Imagine if we had found the people who had found the truth “nutters” in these and other cases. I’d prefer “extreme disagreement” over that.

Ultimately, it comes down to humility over the claim “we’ve got it right this time, for sure, and you can’t question it now!” There are no shortage of scientist quotes saying that in the 90s. And 80s. And 70s. And 60s. And 50s. And 1850s. And 1840s. And 1740s. And so on.