True scientific controversy (3 of 4)

Disagreement within the scientific community or society at large over the appropriateness of a method used for scientific research.

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Scientists disagreeing about a central hypothesis or theory.

Scientists disagreeing about a less central aspect of a scientific idea.

This is not a conflict over a scientific idea, but over how such ideas should be applied.

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