You are definitely right about “not following the science”.
It’s frustrating. Animal Farm come to life or George Orwell’s 1984.
The science behind “Silent Spring” and a DDT ban.
The science behind global warming.
The science behind what is now re-branded to climate change.
The science behind the coming ice age talked about in the 1970s. Wow- a literal 180 and folks don't even blink!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling
The science behind phrenology.
The science behind eugenics.
The science behind acid rain.
The science behind running out of potable water.
The science behind choking in our trash and running out of landfill space.
The science behind the deforestation.
The science behind the ozone hole and how we will all get skin cancer because of your hair spray and a refrigerant.
“Science” proves whatever we want to believe or makes us feel good about ourselves, and usually what makes some folks a lot of money. There is often a grain of truth present, but the solutions offered are so twisted by the political and economic interests pushing the agenda that they seldom even address the stated problem! We produce more CO2 today than ever before (globally), we produce more acid rain than ever before (globally), we produce more CFCs than ever before (globally)... LOL
But some things remain constant.
There is always a new “cause” and “scare,” politicians will offer half baked solutions, corporations will profit from these solutions, and if you do not jump on the bandwagon of mass hysteria and group think, you will be labelled as a heretic and punished in some way.
10%.
I suggest that a mere 10% that is claimed to be science in the MSM is actual science. The other 90% that you read about in the media is pop culture trash, politicized junk, media sensationalized nonsense, ***pretend science selling you something***
I suggest that when you’re dealing with the government, maybe 50% is science, the rest is still junk because of the political forces that are pulling on them.
Sarcasm doesn’t do it justice. I am not sure if even cynicism goes far enough today.
Science today is a bastard for every politician, faux scientist (like Fauci - that guy doesn’t do science, he’s a pop culture star like the Kardashians), corporation, or social activist with some ideology wanting to show that “science” supports their ideas. Because the public is stupid (poor logic, science and math skills), has been taught to follow and respect authority (without questioning it), and because dissent is squashed in a world of mega media corporations and big tech where just a small handful of folks control the message, if you tell them that race is a social construct or that homosexuality is natural, they will accept this. You could tell most Americans today that they are the decedents of Barney, the purple dinosaur, and if a guy in a white lab coat and big title tells them so, they will believe it.