Science Trust Debate

Sounds like the error is yours. Trusting science isn't tantamount to trusting academia.

Until this is fixed, people need to stop saying "listen to The Science", in an attempt to convince others of a given viewpoint. Skeptical people already distrust our modern scientific institutions; not completely obviously, but definitely when they're cited as a cudgel. Continued articles like this should make everyone stop and wonder just how firm the supposed facts are, behind their own favoured opinions. We need a little more humility about which scientific facts are truly b

Science cannot be trusted, right?

why aren’t we trusting the science anymore?

Sound like you are an ideologue posing as a scientist. When you see people everywhere loosing their trust in science look in the mirror for the reason.

I don't know why you're implying that laymen are beneath discussing/speculating on scientific research, since during COVID plenty of bullshit was spread by the supposed experts too, which is what fueled distrust in the first place. It should be a lesson that people now take "Science" far too seriously, it has clearly turned into a religion for many with a hierarchy of authorities that must not be questioned (something like government propagandists > mainstream journal

Willing to bet most distrust in science is due to overexposure of "expert scientists" especially when their uncriticized recommendations lead to civilization regressing policies

> People are trusting science way too much in my opinion.Scientism is also rampant.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism

Scientists make mistakes. Scientists change their mind in the light of the evidence. Your distrust of this scientist is distrust of science. Please, don't do this.

It's amusing how some people are like "trust the science" and tout the knowledge and authority of experts but then scientists like this get flagged because their findings don't align with their beliefs. There seems to be a mixed signal here. Should we trust experts or not?