Based on previous interactions, their mind is made up and won't change.
I get that impression too. But there's a chance... His mind will change, its only a matter of how much suffering has to happen first.
our mind will go where the science takes us – science is the exponent of objectivity
This is mindless blather. We really have been talking to a bot. Joke's on us...
you apparently do not (want to?) understand the concept of the scientific method