> It's not really discussed why people have lost trust in scientists. We also don't talk about why people trusted scientists in the before time either. The eg

> It's not really discussed why people have lost trust in scientists. We also don't talk about why people trusted scientists in the before time either. The egghead smears and distrust have been with us for a long, long time. Here in the US, the GI Bill after WWII got a lot of people college educations they would not have otherwise had. The emerging post-WWII managerial class valued and applied many sciences. The Cold War elevated scientists to an important status as they were seen as a key to winning the war. In schools, science was stressed. There were children's science shows like Mr. Wizard on TV to encourage kids to pursue science careers! As the Cold War wound down, that status and the propaganda supporting it slipped away, too.