Phooey. This comes off as unnecessary gate-keeping. How does anyone do science, ever? They use tools for measurement, tools for analysis, tools for record keeping...all of these functions can be captured within a GUI. Doing science doesn't ever require you to be doing something "new" or innovative... in fact, most of the time you are applying age-old techniques. The only thing new is the problem, and that's not dependent on what types of tools you are using to solve it.