One of the most important merits of the consensus filter is that its outputs can dramatically improve the accuracy of fault detection and identification.
The merit of his consensus approach is that it avoids confrontation.
But on politically charged topics, for example trade with China or the merits of immigration, the economists' consensus was far less likely to sway public opinion.
Forgive the harsh candor, but every tweet, text or email disparaging the basic merits of scientific methods and consensus is a little act of hypocrisy.
Progress is not guaranteed, but another consequence of open-access merit is: whatever consensus develops, it will be emulated, followed, and eventually reproduced across generations because all associated behaviors become merit-worthy in the eyes of consensus members while remaining open-access thanks to antagonistic equality.
Whatever the merits of these policies, the "Washington consensus", as he called it, proved badly named.
The long term power of divestment lies, therefore, in its potential to transform the social consensus on the merits of a fossil-fuelled economy, and to create the political space for laws and legislation that will mean fossil fuels have to stay in the ground.
Sustaining the fight against obesity requires funders and program implementers come to consensus on the merits of evaluation and the importance of uniform metrics.
These individuals presented what each felt were key textbooks in the area and then debated the merits of each, finally coming to a consensus-based decision on which to include.
The merit of this method lies in that it, unlike the first one, does not require an infinite number of consensus iterations for a guaranteed performance.
