[The_Victor]

SCIENCE, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term “doubting Thomas” well illustrates the difference. In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue

I realize that it is not the point of the article, but apply the above to the current globull warming "debate."

[sono]

I had the same thoughts ... science begins with a series of observations and formulates a hypothesis to explain those observations. At some point, new observations are made, relegating the hypothesis to the scrap heap. The sun is the center of the universe, the earth is flat are but two such hypotheses. Anthropogenic global warming will join these some day.