In response to reading about the 97% consensus, people adjusted their perceptions of the scientific consensus, believed more in climate change, and worried more about it—but they did not support public action on climate change more
So it ultimately didn’t do much to actually change people’s views in any way that matters
Oh, “consensus”.
If we went by consensus, Einstein, Bohr, Maxwell would’ve been ignored even longer.
Consensus is politics, not science.
They built consensus because their ideas were compelling.
That’s how scientific theories coalesce: they begin as hypotheses and people try to disprove them in interesting ways, ultimately leading to a more complete picture.
You have the process exactly backwards. Nobody should believe you until it has been tested; climate change has scientific consensus because it is a robust hypothesis.