This just a consequence of midwits - the "Adam Ruins Eveything" mindset. These people have been taught that all observations must be signed off by a scientific

This just a consequence of midwits - the "Adam Ruins Eveything" mindset. These people have been taught that all observations must be signed off by a scientific study. No matter how banal the observation may be or how inapplicable the scientific method is to it, "the scientific community" must be shown to accept the observation because scientists are a priestly class who play the role of truth tellers in our society. Hence the meme "I think castrating children is wrong" "hurr durr- hAvE yOu GoT a SoUrCe FoR ThAt?"