religious behavior

Religious behavior (and I do not mean practicing religion) is the idea that what you believe in is absolutely true and unchanged. No matter the time, the evidence or the circumstance, this notion you believe in will always remain true. The most clear example of this behavior is found among people who believe in a particular religion, be it Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism and many more. That is completely understandable, it is what they believe, it is their dogma. They do not doubt it.

What's troubling is finding this behavior amongst the scientific community. People who believe that whatever science says now is absolutely true and unchanged.

Now, of course, much like religion, who I'm referring to are not the experts (though some of them are also very religious in their approach to science), but rather the general public. The people who believe that science is the ultimate guide to truth in life. A lot of them, unfortunately, hold certain scientific facts to be absolutely true.

What's even funnier is that whenever a new discovery comes out and there is a general expert consensus on it, it becomes their new reality.