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This raises some disturbing implications. Namely, that it's possible for a scientific community to converge on something besides the truth.
This raises the question: in cases of disagreement which theory was correct? I get the impression that in most cases of disagreement, the current consensus is that the West was correct, but is that because the West was actually correct or simply because the West won the cold war?
Why is this disturbing? Look at the history of science. A scientific community "converging" on something that turns out to be not true is neither unusual nor unexpected.
Ask reality :-)