[Ceewrighter]

The scientific method necessitates an acting on faith - a hunch that is later verified by experiments. That's the sense I meant it in, narb.

[MHalblaub]

"The scientific method necessitates an acting on faith - a hunch that is later verified by experiments. That's the sense I meant it in, narb."

You are wrong. Science is not working on faith. Science is working on concepts. Scientists even mistrust their own concepts but accept them then put on test. To accept results is contradistinctive to have faith.