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Yes. It certainly is.

Because that it what science is. There is a whole universe out there and we are trying to figure it out. We come up with theories and experiments that try to show that our ideas work. That our idea demonstrates a truth about the universe.

If we thought it did and, yet, another person comes along and shows that we were wrong well, we are very pleased. Nothing better. My theory was wrong. Discard it and find a better one. Find out why it was wrong.

Notice that this does not happen often in other walks of life. Like a politician or a lawyer or a salesman or a webmaster.

Scientists seek truth. When we find it we share it. People - other scientists - then try to show us that we are wrong. They test our theory and our results. If they can, they destroy it. If they can destroy it then it deserved it. It was nonsense. It was wrong. It was not truth.

Sometimes we are right and sometimes we are not.

Sure, there are famous examples of scientists who just lied. Falsified their results and so on.

Rare but true.

However - on the whole honesty is the underlying trait of all scientists.

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