I found that the line "science is a certain kind of persuassion" quite informative. I was not aware of such a skeptical thread of thought near science
And science happens to be a certain kind of a method for settling opinion.
CS Peirce wrote about it so beautifully in his 1877 essay: "On the fixation of belief". go read it. here is a link saving you a google search. https://www.peirce.org/writings/p107.html