Does logic have a place in science? You must answer this as “yes”. You have to then say that there are many things in science that defy logic.
As soon as you propose something logical that contradicts something in science that defies logic you can expect to hear that the universe doesn’t care what you think is logical. However, often it is different branches of science that contradict each other. In that case you have to say something like General Relativity doesn’t care what Quantum Mechanics says is logical.
I maintain (for purposes of getting a discussion going) that physics is completely logical and if a theory defies logic it is either wrong or it predicts or at least requires some physics that is operating but is misunderstood, unexplained, or undetected. This includes General Relativity and the singularity, Big Bang Theory that lacks a cause of expansion, Classical Quantum Gravity that fails in the Planck regime, Quantum Theory that gives us a goofy cosmological constant, and all of my ideas that require new physics.
As soon as you propose something logical that contradicts something in science that defies logic you can expect to hear that the universe doesn’t care what you think is logical. However, often it is different branches of science that contradict each other. In that case you have to say something like General Relativity doesn’t care what Quantum Mechanics says is logical.
I maintain (for purposes of getting a discussion going) that physics is completely logical and if a theory defies logic it is either wrong or it predicts or at least requires some physics that is operating but is misunderstood, unexplained, or undetected. This includes General Relativity and the singularity, Big Bang Theory that lacks a cause of expansion, Classical Quantum Gravity that fails in the Planck regime, Quantum Theory that gives us a goofy cosmological constant, and all of my ideas that require new physics.