[1337biz]

The whole anti-science movement is in parts self inflicted. If someone reads one day that scientists discovered "walking" causes cancer and the next day that "walking" is the key to eternal living it is no wonder nobody takes any form of evidence serious anymore. We just see those studies coming out every other day - and journalists certainly playing their part by over-hyping them.

Once you realize how hard consensus finding is and all the personal interests and agendas involved, including the "big" failures of science (e.g smoking is save), I can see the point of people rejecting science as subjective.

[jinushaun]

Science isn't the problem. It's lay people ingesting their information from dumbed down articles written by professional journalists looking to sell more newspapers or get more clicks. Even if these studies were free and not stuck behind a paywall, your average person will not bother to read the details. Maybe it's human nature to want to be told what to believe. No one has time to do the independent research on every little thing they hear or read.