The Mistrust of Science

Many people from all sections of society do not trust in science, as they don’t trust the authority of the scientific community. The Pseudo Scientists try to debunk science by:

• Arguing that the entire scientific consensus is a conspiracy.
• Getting fake experts to produce information that contradicts scientific findings.
• Argue using selective data, and using a small example to discredit the entire field.
• Deploying false analogies and other fallacies that appear logical.
• Setting impossible expectations and counter-arguments towards the scientists.

• Funnily enough, a study showed in 2011 that debunking science actually makes the core belief stick longer in the people’s minds.
• Describing why something does not work actually strengthens the conviction and provides more mileage to the scientific theory in question.
• Talking in the negative about the so-called ‘bad science’ without providing an alternate explanation that is equally good only makes the argument incomplete and helps insert the core theory (however wrong) in the listener’s mind.

Education has a countervailing effect of making people stick to certain beliefs and ideologies, and their minds unable to flow. They are static beings which will resist any new advancement in science.

Scientific endeavour is a never-ending process that can only be studied by an open mind that doubts all kinds of dogma, beliefs and theories.