Most people treat science as an infallible religion. I&#x27;ve had people argue with me here, on HN [1] that we should not question the scientists but should accept everything they say unconditionally. [2]<p>[1] I am pointing this out because HN readers are presumably more intelligent than &quot;most people&quot; on average.<p>[2] You can find a lot of comments like that in this post: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9629797" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9629797</a>