Science used to be viewed as a kind of priesthood: special, powerful, beyond questioning by mere mortals. We know what happens when priests and what they do escape public oversight. But there is also a problem when people who have no real understanding of what science IS (including many scientists who should know better) attack the whole enterprise.
Fame is not conducive to proper thinking.
Science used to be viewed as a kind of priesthood: special, powerful, beyond questioning by mere mortals. We know what happens when priests and what they do escape public oversight. But there is also a problem when people who have no real understanding of what science IS (including many scientists who should know better) attack the whole enterprise.