This is why, Kevmo, a huge swath of the citizenry no longer think well of scientists. Too many have a personal agenda and are politically driven to screw everyone else.
***Scientism is well on its way to becoming a religion, with high priests and rites of passage, toeing the party line and “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”.
I think it might even be the one-world religion prophesied in the Bible: Mystery, Babylon. The root word of Mystery is Knowledge; the root word of Babylon is Knowledge — the tower of Babyl was the tower of Knowledge. The root word of science is Knowledge; the root word of technology is Knowledge.
I’ve always been interested in science and the acquisition of scientific based knowledge.
Because I believe science is based, or at least SHOULD be based, on proof until disproved, and that scientists are, without their knowledge, working to uncover the workings of God in our universe.
Einstein said God doesn’t play dice with the universe. The scientific laws therefore are God’s Laws.
When I tell this to people, most folks involved with science give me a hard stare before smiling, then nod. Those who are always quoting the Bible go apoplectic.