[cornelis]

A very sweeping statement. I'm quite sure this is true of some scientists, but certainly not all.

Of course, yes, of course. As you can see from the responses, this is a real problem in American education. That is the basic issue that Allan Bloom dealt with in his book The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

And there he concedes

[cornelis]

And there he concedes the weak spots of a democracy.

[Fzob]

The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

Excellent book. It should be a required reading.