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 Science doesn't have opinions, it's an abstract category, not a person. Scientists aren't special. Anyone who builds or tests anything in their garage or on themselves qualifies as a scientist. Most innovations come from people solving their own problems & testing things in their own lives. When "the science" changes, it just means a bunch of people who like to think they belong to some special class above everyone else were actually wrong & often the people who supposedly lacked the "scientific" qualifications to challenge "consensus" were actually right.