"1954 definitions require mass adherence to be definitive and I see no such concensus."

Do they? Since when?

This reminds me of a colleague at work who seriously believed that complex technical problems could be solved by voting on a series of alternative solutions. The most popular solution just HAD to be the right answer - even though most of the voters had little detailed knowledge of the relevant area. Needless to say this stupid 'method' was shown repeatedly not to work, but this made little difference to this person's 'faith' in it!