On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 21:43:16 -0700 (PDT), palsing
wrote:
I just read this editorial in Astronomy magazine and I think it
would be a
good thing for everyone to read, to remind each other about just
how science
actually works... and reminding us that opinions or beliefs have no
place
in science... a small fact that often gets overlooked all too
often...

http://www.astronomy.com/magazine/je...making-sausage

Beliefs and opinions do have one place in science though, when you
need to decide what to spend resources on for a scientific
investigation. Our resources are limited so we cannot investigate
everything. We must make a decision about what to investigate. And we
need beliefs and opinions to make that decision.