This is not the point. The point is that: if your study reach conclusion A, and someone finds flaw in your research method (this will certainly happen) -> you a

This is not the point. The point is that: if your study reach conclusion A, and someone finds flaw in your research method (this will certainly happen) -> you are a *ist. On the contrary, if your study reach conclusion of opposite of A, and someone finds flaw in your research method -> this is fine because no research is perfect.