There is joy in the science process that is denied to aimless ponderers.

Absolutely, Steve, I couldn't agree more.

But - since we are discussing logic here after all - you cannot simply declare that non-scientific pondering is aimless. As you often insist, you are "a simple man" (eg at 23 Jun 16 - 05:55 PM), but this insistence on simplicity can give the impression you discount everything that is not scientific. I don't think that is accurate - your comments on classical music say otherwise, for example.

But whether you do or not, that is your opinion. Good, fine, no problem. But others may have opinions of their own. And I have said a few times, it is far from self evident that the scientific methods can be guaranteed to give results if we try sufficiently hard.   Science is not a matter of belief; the statement 'The scientific method will, with enough effort, yield results' is.