The Mindset of a Scientist

If you were to go to the average scientist and ask them, why does science work? I don't think you would get a good answer from the vast majority of scientists. What really matters is that they're part of a culture where they have to subject it to other people who think differently. One could argue individual mise tat still matters, um, and i think you can make a good case for that. But even papper talked about the importance of the dogmatic mind right?