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Originally Posted by Dave2042
Briefly, my point is that science is an integrated body of knowledge, so that all the different things known in science support each other and can't be viewed in isolation. Claim one thing is wrong, and you are generally forced to accept a whole bunch of other things must be wrong too. This narrows down what can 'reasonably' be questioned - not because 'scientists say so', but because there are things we really know on the basis that so much stuff works as a result.
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Well said.
If I may, I'd like to use this short para of yours, appropriately, in discussions on topics that are (largely based on) pseudo-science (or, sometimes, anti-science).
Is that OK with you?