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Originally Posted by Voice  A true scientist doesn't just use doubt. Doubt is merely negative belief. A true scientist uses UNknowing - openness, the suspension of belief. What I call faith. You probably don't have a word for it. It begins with the words "I don't know", not "I doubt such-n-such". |
Okay, I didn't realize you were redefining faith. I agree - a true scientist does need to be open. But the reason they take so long to come around to forming an opinion is because people rely on them to be "right", and the shit would hit the fan if scientists starting declaring as fact things that have not been thoroughly investigated.
Why don't we stop redefining words that already have meanings, and say that scientists grok things?