Science is just testemony apparently? How would you respond?

[bennyboy]

Most of what they are saying is true. The problem is the value they apply to that truth. It is true that science is malleable and imperfect-- that it KNOWS this and has a system for compensating and correcting imperfections is what makes it so strong. Yes, we accept scientific results on a testimonial level, usually without checking experiments or results ourselves. However, we accept this testimony not on faith in a self-proclaimed authority, but on an understanding of how the process works. There IS not religious process in which we can all participate in-- there are religious clerics, followers, and blasphemers.