Truth in a lab coat

The men of science, Darwin, Einstein, and Freud personify the idea that the legitimizing of truth resides in those who wear a lab coat. These authorized theories are collectively thought of as truth, especially within the hallowed halls of academia. I find this to be an interesting fact as all three of these theorists rely on methods a writer of fiction or a dare I say it a conspiracist might employ such as observation, speculation, imagination, conjecture, hypothesis, thought experiments, induction, and in Freud's case themes in Greek tragedy. The processes of the writer and the scientists are similar in that they are posing questions and theorizing about potentialities based on perceived and observed actualities. When juxtaposed the words theory and fiction are more congruous than are theory and fact, or theory and truth. Theory is speculative, as is fiction. Theories are not facts, they are a particular arrangement of facts that are so aligned as to the whimsy of the theorist, which is similar to the process involved in the production of fiction. If potential purveyors of truth wish to be taken seriously, the lab coat is the necessary accessory.