I think the problem is that increasingly science ends up getting used like a human shield to justify government action. When this happens the science ends up ge

I think the problem is that increasingly science ends up getting used like a human shield to justify government action. When this happens the science ends up getting distorted in both directions - deniers and "believers" - based not on any actual science but on one's political bubble preference. If the data were available, it would be interesting to see the correlation between this distortion of science and the size of the government in relation to GDP.