it has always been an "attention"-economy rather than a "science"-economy. and scientists are human too, with their biases.

there are two kinds of people. the majority of us have made up our minds and find evidence for it. the rare few listen to whats out there with an open mind. once someone has put their name on something, they fight hard to protect that.

entire populations have always been and still are driven by pseudo-science (astrology etc).