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I didn't think it was loose verbiage.

Yes, the principles of the universe that science uncovers don't require anyone to believe in them.

But the institutions of science are built on trust and faith. Science is more or less just generations of individuals who have had faith that the spirit of scientific inquiry is how we learn about the universe and about the nature of human existence



No, the institution of science is built on repeatability and patsimony. I'm not sure why you want to put science into a fallible know-nothing epistemological foundation, but I suspect the effort will be futile.




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