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X-ray crystallography, mass spectrometry, Newtonian mechanics/physics, wave and particle physics etc. If you believe any real scientist has much doubt about many of these things and their results, you're shooting in the dark. If you bring up any evidence or experiments contesting any of this stuff, you're discussion may be received politely, or perhaps not, but it will almost certainly not sway anyone, and would probably be laughed off the stage, like some a flat earther Ludite. On the other hand there are new theories, new experiments, new results that are in a grey area, where there is a lot of controversy. In these areas, scientists may behave as you suggest, reserving opinion until sufficient data has accumulated, and a sufficient theoretical framework that has some predictive capability has emerged.
True words. And I'm not about to dispute the laws of thermodynamics or insist on the positive sides of Slavery (e.g. the full employment! yay!). So, would you compare, say, the perspective on capitalism or democracy to the still grey areas or to the time-proven ones? Is there still some controversy (maybe just a little bit) on the issues like corporations role in a society, capitalism or globalization or those issues have 150-years history of almost universal disapproval and could simply be dismissed with something like: "I don't think that you believe that corporatism, capitalism or globalism are good and positive forces"? Каддафи хотел заменить доллар золотом