Well, it seems to me that only those thing that people are against qualify for demands that they be rigorously proved scientifically. Can't see thought, so can't "prove" thought-- but no one is so anti-thought that they want to subject that to scientific proof before they'll even talk about it or tolerate OTHERS talking about it.

Only where there is extreme prejudice (and a mind already closed to possibilities) is the demand for proof before discussion.

~Susan