People stopped trusting scientists
As Time writes (
https://bit.ly/3xazsBb), in recent years, questions
such as Are genetically modified crops safe to eat, Do childhood
vaccinations cause autism, Is climate change an emergency and
others have become politically polarized. People reject formal
scientific arguments. Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg testified
at a congressional hearing, presenting as her evidence the latest
IPCC report (
https://bit.ly/3qWrUkt), one of the members asked her
why we should trust science. She replied incredulously: Because this
is science! Green Peace has published a conspiracy theory
(
https://bit.ly/3CHCEFI) according to which all people who disagree
with mainstream science are funded by individuals whose interests
are threatened by modern discoveries.
As the results of a study (
https://bit.ly/3oR9KOD) of scientists
from the Universities of Cardiff and Canberra have shown, most
often people deny human responsibility for climate change, admitting
its existence. The denial of official science
(
https://bit.ly/3HJmL5i) has reached unprecedented proportions
today. The results of numerous studies indicate that most of all
people doubt the reality of climate change and an impending
(probable) environmental disaster. It is interesting that
dissatisfied with the official scientists were found in France.
As shown by a recent poll in the country (
https://bit.ly/3CE72AE),
almost 40% of French people are convinced of the existence of a
conspiracy against humanity. As David Ladden, professor of
psychology at Georgia Gwinnett College, writes in his article
(
https://bit.ly/3kWUz5g) for Psychologies, recent polls have shown
that 41% of Americans believe in psychics and about a third of them
believe in haunted houses. ghosts and telepathy.
In a 2020 article published in Current Directions in Psychological
Science (
https://bit.ly/30T9QNw), University of Queensland
psychologist Matthew Hornsey suggested that motivated aversion to
science is not so much due to a lack of scientific literacy, how
much because of deep-rooted emotions and psychological needs.
In other words, official scientists do not understand why people
have lost confidence in them. I have already answered this question
in my book, but I will repeat it again. For the sake of grants and
prizes, the scientific method is replaced by scientific scams within
the official institutions of government. People understand this and
choose the opportunity to study all points of view. Scientists have
repeatedly and systematically deceived people in favor of their own
selfish goals and policies. For example, the man-made Covid-19
epidemic for QR-codes and social ratings. Therefore, we see the
agony of this system in the eyes of the people. Official science did
not live up to our expectations.