All this "science communication is bad" thinking is missing the forest for the trees; The public doesn't seem to know how to educate themselves (in a time with

All this "science communication is bad" thinking is missing the forest for the trees; The public doesn't seem to know how to educate themselves (in a time with more possibility to actually educate yourself somewhat than ever before), doesn't understand how to read or interpret a piece of media in general (a high school level concept), seems to gleefully ignore things they WERE taught (like basic math), and often explicitly describes science and education in general as "liberal brainwashing" Yeah, it's going to be impossible to "communicate" with someone who filled their ears with concrete and is shouting as loud as possible "I think you are the devil (literally)" This has nothing to do with science communication. Entire swaths of the American public believe "My ignorance is as good as your evidence", or worse, that if they don't personally understand something, then it can't be true.