> but we currently have a crisis of science authority Did science ever carry any authority on it's own? In the last few decades I've been living in the United

> but we currently have a crisis of science authority Did science ever carry any authority on it's own? In the last few decades I've been living in the United States, I honestly don't think it has. > I'm not sure what to do about it though. I think what we're seeing now is really organized emotional manipulation on a massive scale. I seriously doubt that any of these conspiracies are truly organic, or if they are, that their current scale is organic. Worse still is it's impossible to determine who is doing the pumping. Is it "activist" groups looking for funding? Is it "corporate" groups looking for legal leeway? Is it bored kids on the internet looking for entertainment? As to what to do about it, I think the answer basically starts with a lot more investigative journalism. We don't do that anymore. It creates a vacuum that allows these groups to thrive.