I happen to be a biochemist, and I find your view of what a scientist does to be excessively narrow. We're also not talking about formal logic (I clearly start

I happen to be a biochemist, and I find your view of what a scientist does to be excessively narrow. We're also not talking about formal logic (I clearly started my comment by saying "in more practical terms", did I not?), we're talking about a distinction between an appropriate and an inappropriate heuristic. I highly recommend you finish reading the article I posted.