Are you going to take the vaccine?

[zedro]

We are mostly in agreement, but it seems some preconceptions are preventing you from seeing it.

Within the scientific circles, there is no actual consensus on what science actually is. So I think any such discussions needs first to established what science means.

Except that is not how it is sold, or perceived by the general public. People do expect a consensus and it's delivered thru the institutional control mechanisms, that's why we have terms like "climate change denier" "anti-vaxer/masker" and "anti-science", because institutions are picking what they want to fulfill an agenda, and claiming it to be consensus. This is why professionals directly related to institutional powers that regulate covid are basically told/controlled to stay on a consensus message, and this is enforced thru professional accreditation, reputation, social and broadcast media, etc.

So I'm not disputing your view of science, I'm disputing your view on how the general population views science, and how it's being used as another tool like religion was, because it's being treated like a religion, with heretics and blasphemers on the firing line.

If people actually did just view it as a methodology, our current situation would be much different.