Science is not a belief system
yes it is. first come the faith, and then hope, and then it will materialize in your daily life, and then belief comes, sometime not in that order. without faith you will not make the first step, without belief you will not make the next step, without hope you wont bother to write down the first letter. ironically most science started from "luck". why you say its not a "belief", because you think you only believe when there is a proof, methodologically accepted in scientifical community. belief or not belief is the same system, one is to do, one is not. or maybe i can say... "duality" about the same thing or system. just like electron will not exist without proton they build an atom, or matter will not exist without antimatter. they came from the same thing, pure energy. and pure energy may not be exist without what? i maybe drifting but thats the idea, somesort...
we know what faith in "religion" is, and what is faith in science? that "we will advance", that "we will find something", that "we hope for a better future"... as proven from the past, but do you have the prove that we will advance in the future? no we dont have proof because its not happening yet, but faith and hope, and "belief" is what move us on. thats what those scientists are based on, thats what every living things are based on, knowingly or unknowingly. the one who have not the faith and belief is the one who commit suicide.