Scientists don’t work on a selection of beliefs. They work on a system to increase knowledge. Belief and knowledge are not the same thing.
I remember when I was a kid in the summertime growing up in Louisiana. When the temperature was in the 90s, I could walk barefoot on the hot road asphalt. If I tried to do that now, I’m sure that my feet would be severely burned.
Scientists don’t work on a selection of beliefs. They work on a system to increase knowledge. Belief and knowledge are not the same thing.