Originally Posted by Fubarski
The "science" gig goes like this:

Ya see something.

Ya make up a story about why the thing ya saw, was the thing ya saw.

Ya hope simple people will have faith in it.

When somebody else comes up with a better story than you, you go back ta work in a different direction.

All ya need for true believers, is a story they want ta hear.


You come to an intersection and there are two wrecked cars, broken glass, skid marks and people injured, you know that there was an accident but it is not clear how it happened or who was at fault, that remains to be determined. At no point is there faith involved unless you start making up stories without the necessary information, yet assume that you have the truth, it being that assumption of truth that becomes an article of faith.