Of course you are trying to make people believe what you believe, Steve. If you really do believe you are not, I cannot help but feel that you are, in that respect, as detached from reality as any "young earth creationist" or indeed someone who insists the moon is made of green cheese.

As for the claim that "Scientists do not try to persuade people to believe in things", that just doesn't square with the facts. Like any other academics scientists fight and feud, and sometimes even cheat by adjusting their findings to win out in conflicts with other scuentists. They are human beings, who are liable to hate to have pet theories disproved by other scientists. The development of science is an example of Natural Selection in action. Which is why it gets places.