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A position within scientific discourse that is granted unearned authority—not because its evidence is stronger but because it's associated with dominant institutions, funders, or research traditions. A scientifically privileged position gets funded, published, and cited; its findings are reported as news; its experts are invited to panels. Alternative positions struggle for recognition, dismissed as fringe or pseudoscience regardless of their merits. The scientifically privileged position doesn't have to prove itself harder; it's already trusted. This privilege shapes what counts as science, what questions get asked, what answers are accepted.
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