>>12332087>>12332268People want to understand the world so they can decide how to act. Science is a very useful method for understanding the world, but is time consuming, expensive, and difficult. So instead people look to "experts." This might not be so bad, so long as people understand that experts can be wrong just like anyone else. Plenty of times the resolutely held scientific consensus has been btfo by a novice. But depending on the field you're not doing science without outside interference. Your research can have political or business implications. So there's a strong incentive to capture scientific institutions. Part of this also means not letting people question the anointed scientists, as that could damage the powers that control them. In current american politics the left is the party of the global elite (and yes the dupes who fall for their messaging). So it's in their interest to promote scientism and unwavering faith in scientific institutions, and to deride pushback as "unscientific". The right has its own warped relationship with science too, but they are not the ones with institutional power right now, and aren't as important for shaping the publicly acceptable opinions.
Short version: the elites present their desires as science, and have disbelievers shunned.
