[tresqotheq]

>what makes you trust your own perception when you verify scientific claims"

Because it is with my own perception that I sense the rest of the world with it. So that is all that one should care. Let me know if you don't get this. I ll elaborate..

[wizofaus]

One of main reasons the scientific method has been so successful is because it forces us to challenge our assumptions that our perceptions of the world are correct.