And he explains why …

… This Physicist Believes in Miracles. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Here’s what’s important: science is neither purely theory nor purely a collection of facts.  The facts have to be interpreted in terms of theory, and not just a particular theory, but a theory that is consistent with other theories and doesn’t violate fundamental principles.   Moreover, even the fundamental principles can be modified.  Newton’s principle of absolute space, absolute time, was shown not to hold if special relativity is correct