Yes, Scientists are people.
What works for science is the free flow of information.
The left works very hard to control the flow of information, to prevent information which contests their chosen narratives, from reaching people.
Trump Derangement Syndrome works by amplifying their emotional identity by confronting them with facts.
I’ve had old psychology professors have their entire body start shaking when I merely demonstrated that the knowledge they owned as a possession was wrong. It was as though I was destroying their ego identity.