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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
Most people don't want to or enjoy thinking about certain things. They find it stressful, or too complicated, or too draining. They leave it in other hands and if the mouth on those hands says do something they believe it's the right thing to do. They're experts for a reason, right? Then there are some who prefer to do their own thinking, and that's the real battleground underneath it all and always has been.
gpt
Agreed here. One thing that saddens me is that this has led to an attack on science by "experts" who have an online presence but no clue what they are saying other than that. 

Having spent time in academia I know that it is goofy as all shit and a nepotistic hellscape, but at the end of the day, a vast majority of studies that have impact are peer-reviewed and heavily scrutinized.

More importantly, there is this evolving nature where we learn new things that change our understanding of the existing. That doesn't mean that "&lt;scientific field&gt;" can't be trusted. It means that the process is working.