1 b: the judgment arrived at by most of those concerned
2: group solidarity in sentiment and belief
A consensus is definitionally an opinion. Of a group. Expressing solidarity in their beliefs. Belief and truth are not synonymous. Often exclusionary of one another.
This one image from my recent stack on consensus says the thousand words in it:
Consensus is never or rarely a finding of truth. The definition of consensus itself precludes that:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consensus
consensus
noun
con·sen·sus kən-ˈsen(t)-səs
often attributive
Synonyms of consensus:
1 a: general agreement : UNANIMITY
1 b: the judgment arrived at by most of those concerned
2: group solidarity in sentiment and belief
A consensus is definitionally an opinion. Of a group. Expressing solidarity in their beliefs. Belief and truth are not synonymous. Often exclusionary of one another.
This one image from my recent stack on consensus says the thousand words in it:
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94edfe13-ab2a-4923-b7da-a0430f51c807_1366x557.png
https://freedomfox.substack.com/p/consensus