people do trust the science.

but the people saying 'trust the science' dont know what the science is.

so theyre either trusting the 'science' that the tv is telling them and not questioning it, or trusting the science and calling the people who believe the TV fucking morons.

either way, people absolutely do trust the science.

It's not about science. Most people will never encounter or have the ability to interpret results from a scientific study. It's about academia, and it's about media.