a. 
Notably, as Neil DeGrasse Tyson underlines, Science holds true regardless of belief, i.e. equations don’t work due to scientists’ belief or faith in those equations, and on the other end, flat earth belief does not suddenly invalidate gravitational theory. So, be it in science or non-science, belief is irrelevant.
b. I got to atheism by disregarding the concept of belief overall. Belief by definition, means to do something especially while ignoring evidence.
- Scientific thinking contrasts this, so I decided to aim to lack belief in everything. Given this, science still held true, but religiosity/theism lost its appeal for me 7 years ago, as once I sought to delete belief, I found no other attachment to religiosity/faith.
- There are also cognitive papers that indicate how believers tend to strengthen or substantiate their own erroneous thoughts, regardless of strong contrasting evidence.
