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Science doesn’t want our “belief”!

Having listened closely “believe the science” seems to be a phrase used to persuade listeners toward adoption of a specific scientific finding as “truth”. While this may be a successful tactic in driving toward agreement for some, I am certain that science would not see this as a good idea.

Science has always been the process by which humans come up with ideas and then try to prove them out via trial and error experimentation.

The very process of trial and error yields additional knowledge as experiments are devised, completed, modified and tried again. Our very best thinkers are those who have agile minds that can make use of this process in a cycle of continuous learning throughout their lives and careers.

Science itself would not ask for our belief in what scientists have learned and recorded over the years. Instead it would expect us to doubt intelligently. Doubt often drives improved scientific thought. Science would expect us to back up doubt with solid and safe experimentation that would drive new knowledge and improve everyone’s understanding of existing science .

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