"Trusting science" was a ship that had long since sailed for them. There is an enormous overlap with creationists and climate deniers, among others. That doesn

"Trusting science" was a ship that had long since sailed for them. There is an enormous overlap with creationists and climate deniers, among others. That doesn't make mockery the right approach either. But let's not kid ourselves that they were one friendly ear away from listening to the overwhelming majority of scientists. This is just one piece of a decades long conflict.