> Disagreeing with some consensus is not "anti-science".

Be careful of gymnastics.

Yes, science requires the ability to disagree. You can even see in my history me saying a scientist needs to be a bit anti authoritarian!

But HOW one goes about disagreeing is critical.

Sometimes I only have a hunch that what others believe is wrong. They have every right to call me stupid for that. Occasionally I'll be able to gather the evidence and prove my hunch. Then they are stupid for not believing like I do, but only after evidenced. Most of the time I'm wrong though. Trying to gather evidence I fail and just support the status quo. So I change my mind.

Most importantly, I just don't have strong opinions about most things. Opinions are unavoidable, strong ones aren't. If I care about my opinion, I must care at least as much about the evidence surrounding my opinion. That's required for science.

Look at it this way. When arguing with someone are you willing to tell them how to change your mind? I will! If you're right, I want to know! But frankly, I find most people are arguing to defend their ego. As if being wrong is something to be embarrassed about. But guess what, we're all wrong. It's all about a matter of degree though. It's less wrong to think the earth is a sphere than flat because a sphere is much closer to an oblate spheroid.

If you can't support your beliefs and if you can't change your mind, I don't care who you listen to, you're not listening to science