<unk>  is the collective judgment, position, and opinion of the community of scientists in a particular field of science at a particular time.<unk>  is not, by itself, a<unk>  argument, and is not part of the<unk>  method; however, the content of the<unk>  may itself be based on both<unk>  arguments and the<unk>  method.<unk>  is normally achieved through communication at conferences, the process of publication, and peer review.[citation needed] These lead to a situation where those within the discipline can often recognize such a<unk>  where it exists, but communicating that to outsiders can be difficult. On occasion,<unk>  institutes issue position statements intended to communicate a summary of the science from the "inside" to the "outside".  In cases where there is little controversy regarding the subject under study, establishing what the<unk>  is can be quite straightforward.<unk>  may be invoked in popular or political debate on subjects that are controversial within the public sphere but which are not controversial within the<unk>  community, such as evolution.
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Design of experiments
Evidence based practice
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Evidence-based medicine
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