Here is one part where the problem comes from: - Traditionalism: Driving society according to the word of the elders, - Modernity: Driving society using scien

Here is one part where the problem comes from: - Traditionalism: Driving society according to the word of the elders, - Modernity: Driving society using science. Leaders understood that. So there are extremely high stakes in fabricating or twisting science, because once you have science on your side, all modern societies will help you. Example with feminism: It is literally illegal in some countries (ex: France, law for true equality 2014, followed by multiple decrees since Macron) to communicate information that unflatters women (it’s considered demeaning), so even though some figures are extremely false (girls aren’t better at math, it’s only when we put a female name on exams that the sheet has 6% higher mark, this science is considered demeaning towards women therefore illegal to publish – same goes for the wage gap, women work less and less intensively per hour worked, but it is illegal to point it out), everyone still believes wrong things. And just like this, laws pass. Same goes for immigration or all other science-backed laws where one side is forbidden to speak. Science works... assuming equal analysis of both sides of each hypothesis. That’s why it only works in democratic cultures, but that assumes the media is balanced.