This is a reply to the previous two posts, although I hit the reply button for the 2nd.
The Dark Ages. The Black Death. Witch Hunts. High infant mortality. The list of things improved by science is endless.
I think your extending my comment further than I intended. It is merely an observation that beliefs are held. A POV or world view exists inside the heads of most people. Trying to eliminate that or limit it to what is known by science doesn't seem to be how people including Einstien function. Even Einstien believed in an eternal universe until the evidence forced him to believe otherwise.
I think that many of the theories of science were believed before there was any evidence
By definition, this is impossible. You cannot have a scientific theory without supporting evidence, as it is this evidence upon which we base our theories. In science, a theory is a generalized, well substantiated explanation of something we see in the natural World. Notice the part about being "well substantiated". Substantiation comes via hypotheses formation and experimentation, not the other way around.
Correction then from 'any evidence' to 'some evidence' or 'deterministic evidence'. Happy now?
Else how does this explain the Michelson-Morely experiment? The ones running it believed it would prove the existence of the medium in which light traveled, so their beliefs were proved wrong.
and that the belief is what propelled scientists to devise experiments to find the evidence to support the theory.
You really have no idea how science operates, do you.
See the MM experiment above. Beliefs do enter into the process. And I have spent my entire life in an R&D environment in scientific inquiry thank you.
As to the remaining comments by FliesOnly I think you've demonstrated 'belief' about my 'belief' without 'any evidence' or 'sufficient evidence' or 'deterministic evidence'. My point is that beliefs exist within us all, not that they are necessarily justified by sufficient evidence which is a separate consideration entirely.
And all this time I thought my posts on EvC were against YEC, ID, etc..