For a time, science was a type of replacement for orthodox religion, delivering the goodies, and also supposedly supplying an explanation of man’s place in the universe. My guess is that the cult of the expert has now become somewhat worn-out with most normie people today, as argued here:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/how-expert-worship-ruining-science
“What is science? Has it changed from past to present? Is it still working? The coronavirus pandemic has put a spotlight on the question of science as a whole and biology and drug research in particular.
Now, the popular narrative is that if only we listened to the scientists, we would have prevented this, presumably contrasting scientists against “politicians” and perhaps some un-specified “non-expert” others. The pandemic is happening against a completely unprecedented backdrop of censorship of what seems to me like normal-people discussion about the effects of different drugs and therapies.
The CEO of YouTube has specifically said that the platform would block people suggesting vitamin C has beneficial effects on helping one recover from coronavirus. This is, of course, done “in the name of” science, because everything ought to be done in the name of science in the West.
My current view is that large numbers of fields which are considered “scientific” in the West are a complete mess and lack the essential feature of what it means to be a science in the first place.”
I will be undertaking in the time to come, to publish at the blog articles on race and archaeology, and I have found that even in the so-called harder sciences, political correctness has penetrated deep into these fields, influencing research. We have certainly seen this with the whole Covid-1984 fiasco. Stay tuned.