Why are so many people mistruful of science and of scientists? There seems to be a growing issue of the public being skeptical of science, skeptical in a bad way. Alternative ideas, which are often not scientific, seem to be growing in popularity in every aspect of life.
The complete opposite seems to be happening of what enlightenment thinkers proposed, that we would have a scientifically literate public.
As science and technology become more and more complex, there seems to be a correlation with more and more people checking out and irrationaly dismissing science.