Science is a human process. Trusting the science means trusting humans. Research performed by humans has many opportunities for biases to slip in. There's no on

Science is a human process. Trusting the science means trusting humans. Research performed by humans has many opportunities for biases to slip in. There's no one monitoring or auditing raw data collection for example - whether that is measured observations in scientific research or survey data in social research. Most students also have poor statistical knowledge and make numerous mistakes in drawing their conclusion, and some even misstate their findings in more deliberate ways (like p hacking). Then there's the ecosystem around the people performing the science. Journals with poor review processes, magazines that publish headlines that lack the intended nuance/context, and so forth. The calls to "trust the science" also often extend beyond what the scientific material states. For instance, the science might tell us that the coronavirus poses a particular level of risk in terms of mortality. But deciding whether or not to react to that risk with heavy measures is still a human decision that crosses value systems, economic considerations, moral considerations, etc. Still, somehow you see people in social media or news media attaching the "science" label to their opinion on what must be done, even though that final consideration is an opinion or judgment call.