The scientific establishment has never had a good track record.

The eugenicists of the last century, the atrocities (human experimentation) committed by Japanese and German scientists during WW2, global warming alarm-ism, modern gain-of-function research leading to a global pandemic, the butchery of children in the name of "trans-rights"... just to name a few. There's a reason why the stereotype of the "mad scientist" has been around for as long as it has.

The "hard" sciences are for the most part fine because they are readily testable, reproducible and rigorously follow the scientific method, but the "soft" sciences are much more open to interpretation and manipulation and therefore ride the coattails of credibility that the hard sciences have earned.

The scientific establishment doesn't have a good track record.

The eugenicists of the last century, the atrocities of WW2 committed by Japanese and German scientists, global warming alarmism, modern gain-of-function research leading to a global pandemic, the butchery of children in the name of "trans-rights"... just to name a few.

The "hard" sciences are for the most part fine because they are readily testable, reproducible and rigorously follow the scientific method, but the "soft" sciences are much more open to interpretation and manipulation and therefore ride the coattails of credibility that the hard sciences have earned.