arxivphysics.soc-phcs.AIcs.CL2026-07-02
Robust for the Wrong Reasons: The Representational Geometry of LLM Robustness to Science Skepticism
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly consulted on contested scientific questions, raising the concern that they will sycophantically retreat from established consensus when a user signals doubt -- drifting toward a false balance that treats settled science as one view am…