New polls have shown that when it comes to trust in the science community, we’re seeing a double-digit fall among the American people. According to The Hill, two separate studies have confirmed that the reputation of institutions and scientists have taken a hit in the last few months: Two new surveys show most Americans still trust leading scientists and institutions like the Centers for Disease ...

We’ve been training people to believe that when a scientist says something, it’s akin to God handing down a declaration from on high but in reality that’s just not the case. Scientists are figuring out a universe we don’t understand little by little as an infant figures out the world it’s born into. The amount of things we don’t know is overwhelming and will likely stay that way for thousands of years. A “discovery” by a scientist is nothing but one small spec of dirt on a mountain of dirt, and even then, he might not fully understand the spec he found.

I think more skepticism of the scientific community is needed, and especially when it comes to scientists who claim to know the thing they’re talking about inside and out. Especially when it’s reported on by biased reporters who treat science like a booty call.