Because 'Scientist' or no scientist, you need to look up the word 'Pragmatism'.
That is, if you haven't unplugged your internet too! 
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Hmm..........you should do stand up w/your gift for hilarity.
However reality intervenes.
For conservatives, principle obliterates pragmatism; the label
of unprincipled hustlers such as Dewey, James and Pierce who
had a 'new definition' of human nature every other day of the week.