[chrischattin]

No. Consensus is not how science works at all.

[jamilton]

It is to some degree, isn't it? People don't personally replicate every study they cite and build off, they cite and build off studies that they believe to be trustworthy, part of which is determined by opinions of peers in the field (even if there's not a clear consensus one way or the other).

[chrischattin]

No. It's the opposite. All it takes is one single result to show a theory or body of "consensus" is in error.