Right, but does overly hand-wavy explanations representing itself as actual science help or hinder? If people conclude that "this is what science is like" then

Right, but does overly hand-wavy explanations representing itself as actual science help or hinder? If people conclude that "this is what science is like" then _no wonder_ we have the current informational problems. If people will "believe anything" then isn't that an argument against, rather than for, giving them more of the same?