True (or mostly so), but not useful. Math is obscure, and science is not trusted. Not that "we" are any better -- we can't even get technologists (or doctors)

True (or mostly so), but not useful. Math is obscure, and science is not trusted. Not that "we" are any better -- we can't even get technologists (or doctors) to understand statistics. How can we hope for a general-population understanding of scientific process? My answer: We can't. We can hope for leadership that steers the conversation in a useful direction, but democracy sometimes gets in the way of the elevation of useful leaders, and the media has no interest in promoting good (mostly boring) governance.