The absence of consensus does not mean an absence of truth

There is no consensus, there is no homogeneity, there is no truth.

Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history.

There's a consensus among regulators that we need to be working on this.

Do you want to work with us?”
“Everybody seems to think I should; they believe you’re fighting the good fight. It’s just that... I get suspicious when everybody agrees about something.

we are arriving at a consensus.