试题出自试卷《2017年西南科技大学考博英语真题》

When scientists want to speak with one voice, they tend to do so in a very unscientific way: consensus report. The idea is to condense the knowledge of multiple experts into a single view that can resolve disputes and help policy making. But reaching such a consensus often defeats those goals and undermines the authority. The panel will begin with many valuable principles and suggestions. However, the discussions that form expert consensus do have more intercommunity with “politics” than with “science”.