The whole anti-science movement is in parts self inflicted. If someone reads one day that scientists discovered &quot;walking&quot; causes cancer and the next day that &quot;walking&quot; is the key to eternal living it is no wonder nobody takes any form of evidence serious anymore. We just see those studies coming out every other day - and journalists certainly playing their part by over-hyping them.<p>Once you realize how hard consensus finding is and all the personal interests and agendas involved, including the &quot;big&quot; failures of science (e.g smoking is save), I can see the point of people rejecting science as subjective.