re: #329 G.W.

First, writing and speaking are two different skills, and there are technical editors that help with published papers if needed.

Secondly, I was referring to connotations, not denotations. You are trying to read into his use of “belief” an idea that, in American contemporary English while common, may not have been his intent.

Among the denotations of “believe” is “have confidence in”… and I propose that when used in a scientific context that is how “believe” is often used.

In a religious context, especially in America, “believe” often means “accept without the need for evidence”. I suggest that is not what Latif meant.