The Flaws of the Scientific Consensus

While it's more about the flaws in how scientific consensus are used with respect to areas that are (or should be) debatable, the video does a good job of introducing some of the problems with the overlap of the pharmaceutical and public health agendas.

I'd love to see a followup that takes this idea and looks at a different angle, such as ways that scientific "consensus" was invented and propagated to benefit political agendas. Or done so from a lack of respect for the public's ability to deal with information and nuance (e.g. simplify the situation and distill complex factors into a one-size-fits-all prescription for behavior).