Do the people who write this stuff actually believe it? Could a person not do some digging without the burden of emotion and confirmation bias? If this was not possible how in the actual fuck did America get to the moon? Or make possible the billions of other human achievements throughout history?

Likely purpose of the story is to reinforce the idea that everything in the realm of government and science is well beyond the meager mental capabilities of a lowly peon like you or I. No no, these important decisions should be left to our betters, free of outside influence and emotional reasoning, better people than you or I. I know this because they tell me so every day on the television.