User:Ed Poor/Scientific debate

Scientific debate is as old as science. When scientists do not agree on theories which explain the world, they engage in debate. Some debates have lasted centuries. Some are settled more quickly. The reason for scientific debate is to reach a scientific consensus. Once such a consensus is reached, the debate dies down (unless and) until new information comes along to add fuel to it.

List of scientific debates

 * Nuclear winter
 * Crookes radiometer
 * race (classification of human beings): splitters and lumpers
 * Remote viewing
 * debate over whether the brain or the eye is behind the perception of illusory motion. (see microsaccades)