Overlooking scientific evidence or bypassing rigorous proofs in order to reach consensus constitutes a logical fallacy of Argumentum ad populum .
In cases where there is little controversy regarding the subject under study , establishing what the consensus is can be quite straightforward , though overlooking scientific evidence or bypassing the rigorous proofs in favor of consensus constitutes the logical fallacy of Argumentum ad populum as was the case with the theory of Rain follows the plow .
Scientific consensus