Usually when someone dismisses some foundational or important scientific
knowledge, it merely indicates ignorance, but that is not always so. I
think a close reading of the disagreement is needed, or maybe follow up
questions, before the ignorance label is appropriate.
I have several times been falsely accused of ignorance on things I knew
better than the accuser: of course it was not because I expressed
disagreement but because the accuser was a little ignorant. Those cases
call for even more caution.
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