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How science became “flimflam”
We’re losing trust in science. That’s a big deal. An Italian theoretical physicist and neuroscientist minces no words in calling science today flimflam and explaining why the public is losing trust.
Science, it is widely understood, displaced religion, the Church, and religious leaders as the source of facts, truth, and reality. That was a good 300 years ago. So what are we to make of the current sharp decline in public trust in science?
This is well documented by Pew, and on Medium there are a number of hand-wringing articles from science writers about the decline of trust in science.
No one questions the significance of the shift from religious authority to scientific authority. Is this decline of trust in science significant? Will it last? Why is it happening, and can it be reversed? An Italian theoretical physicist and neuroscientist has some pretty clear and powerfully expressed reasons for why this happens, and if he is right, it may help to understand what needs to happen to reverse the trend.
Alex Gomez-Marin believes he knows what caused the decline of trust in science. His straightforward article in IAI, the Institute of Art and Ideas, is…
