&gt; just look at the way people defend their favorite interpretation of quantum mechanics as absolute truth.<p>Yeah, but these people are rarely actual physicists. A physicist might discuss &quot;interpretations of quantum mechanics&quot; over lunch with a colleague in a fun, speculative way, but it makes little difference on the research they perform.  More importantly, it doesn&#x27;t affect the <i>predictions</i> that their research makes.  This is not the case with the social sciences.