I struggle with the idea that so many people just 'trust science' - science is done by hoooomans...
Hooooomans are fallible, corrupt, opinionated and downright ridiculous some, if not most of the time.
So while *some* science is truly awesome and outstanding, *some* science is out and out bollocks and *some* of it falls anywhere in-between on an infinite scale of awesomeness to ourightbollocksness! Some of it, actually a significant portion of it, is done to satisfy the
expected outcomes of the people who funded it!!!
However we get some folk who are 100% certain that science is right and we should all just trust it without question and we have absolutely no right whatsoever to have doubt or uncertainty because if we do we are being idiots and god knows what else.
Or the other extreme, others will say that people who listen unquestioningly to the science are sheeple who are incapable of having a thought for themselves and science is the new religion... etc.
The truth is sometimes science gets it right, sometimes science gets it wrong... and the more time passes, the more likely it is that strongly held scientifically based beliefs will turn out to be just plain wrong! A simple search for something like "science gets it wrong" will turn up countless examples.
God help you if you present a logical argument that challenges a commonly held scientific view point - that's a call to lynch time for some people!
The most ridiculous thing about this is that questions like this are a huge part of how science is actually done in the real world. It's like we have this political propaganda driven meme fest that's designed to create future generations of people who are intimidated into not asking any questions ever... "err.. because science!"
Mike Judge is starting to look like a prophet!