I get the impression it's a widespread attitude that you can be "scientific" without being honest about what prior probability you assign to anything. And by "h

I get the impression it's a widespread attitude that you can be "scientific" without being honest about what prior probability you assign to anything. And by "honest", I mean that it exists, so you must disclose; you can't evade. This may be the essence of what raises my hackles every time someone says trust the experts.