Editing Dissent (section)

==Scientific ==
{{Main|Scientific dissent}}
[[Scientific dissent]] is dissent from [[scientific consensus]]. Disagreements can be useful for finding problems in underlying assumptions, methodologies, and reasoning, as well as for generating and testing new ways of tackling the unknown.<ref name=immki>de Melo‐Martín, I. and Intemann, K. (2013) [http://embor.embopress.org/content/14/3/231.short "Scientific dissent and public policy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522032314/http://embor.embopress.org/content/14/3/231.short |date=2023-05-22 }}. ''EMBO Reports'', '''14''' (3): 231–235. {{doi|10.1038/embor.2013.8}}</ref> In modern times, with the increased role of science on the society and the [[politicization of science]], a new aspect gained prominence: effects of scientific dissent on public policies.<ref name=immki/>

Scientific dissent is distinct from [[denialism]], which is a deliberate rejection of scientific consensus usually for commercial or ideological reasons.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Denialism: what is it and how should scientists respond? | author=Diethelm, Pascal | journal=The European Journal of Public Health | year=2009 | volume=19 | issue=1 | pages=2–4 | doi=10.1093/eurpub/ckn139 | pmid=19158101| doi-access= }}</ref>