Exactly. I've argued on social media with "trust the science" people: none of them were scientists while I am one. People in general have no idea how the sausag

Exactly. I've argued on social media with "trust the science" people: none of them were scientists while I am one. People in general have no idea how the sausage is made and how broken the system is. A year or more ago I was joking with a coworker "I hope medical studies are done more seriously than what we do". Today I wouldn't make the same joke given how the situation went out of control with states enforcing authoritarian policies based on poor understanding of how science work.