> Are they minorities though? I think current anti-science stances are far more widespread than your post seems to give credit for. There definitely are a grou

> Are they minorities though? I think current anti-science stances are far more widespread than your post seems to give credit for. There definitely are a group of hardcore anti-science people, but I think it's far less widespread than you credit. It may appear more widespread because there is a tendency by some to present public policy preferences as 'science'. Since public policy choices always involve specific intention (what is our desired outcome) and trade-offs (what policies are we precluding by choosing this one) they are not 'science', they are rational proposals based on scientific evidence, and in some cases they can be rationally disagreed with in terms of both intents and trade-offs.