Both Newton and Darwin were driven by the data and were forced to recognize that they couldn't explain everything. It may be a characteristic of great scientists to know what to accept and what to leave out.
Lewis WolpertReliable scientific knowledge is value free and has no moral or ethical value. Science tells us how the world is. ... Dangers and ethical issue arise only when science is applied as technology.
Lewis WolpertThe physics of motion provides one of the clearest examples of the counter-intuitive and unexpected nature of science.
Lewis Wolpert