> The side of science didn't "have answers all along", but it was willing to learn and change. This is the framing that I disagree with. There is no "the side

> The side of science didn't "have answers all along", but it was willing to learn and change. This is the framing that I disagree with. There is no "the side of science". There are only people making assertions. Some of those people were practicing the scientific method competently and in good faith, some of those people were doing nothing of the sort, and from here in the cheap seats we just had to do our best to decide who was who. Some people like to think everyone should have trusted who they themselves decided to trust. I think this is unreasonable, but also unsurprising.