The environmental fanatics have given scientists a worse reputation than used car salesmen.
Yup, scientists are as low as lawyers now, and they deserve to be.
Much like social science-ish, it attempts to use the methodology and borrow the respectability, but without the rigor or reproducibility.
People understand that science works, so they have glommed on to the word for whatever it is they are doing. Your shampoo is “Scientifically formulated”.
And as far as reputation, scientists are right up there with doctors and firemen as far as having respect. But then again, most are actually doing science, not academic think tank foundational fear mongering.