Science or hermeneutics?

Science is doing things to see what you find, sometimes guided by observations and ideas, but never opinions or beliefs.  When one is instead doing experiments with the intent of proving something you already believe, you are engaging in a form of hermeneutics.   It becomes religion not science, which is of course why these chaps tend to always find what they are looking for, but others don't.

What hermeneutics does is also known as "cherry picking."  One researches everything -- mainly the pertinent literature but often does one's own observing and experimenting -- and then picks out those things that support one's view and either ignores or rationalizes (when it is not possible to ignore it as it is either common knowledge or publicly pointed out) those things one can't ignore.