Science ought to be the pursuit of truth, not the pursuit of a majority consensus. As such, both sides of an argument need to be explored and presented. It's

Science ought to be the pursuit of truth, not the pursuit of a majority consensus. As such, both sides of an argument need to be explored and presented. It's an essential part of science for scientists to question their own beliefs - if you do not know what method you would use to prove the opposite, your method of proving your hypothesis is probably inadequate.