In scientific disputes where there are no obvious complaints about unscientific practices or pseudoscience, I simply go with whichever side is less emotionally

In scientific disputes where there are no obvious complaints about unscientific practices or pseudoscience, I simply go with whichever side is less emotionally invested, on the theory that those who are invested have a personal interest at stake. Such a thing is, of course, unlikely to be related to the truth of the matter and that is the point of this.