One issue I have with the conservative disdain with science is that it really isn’t science they’re angered about.
The process of questioning IS science. Nothing is settled nor does any true consensus get reached. It is ALWAYS about questioning older theories with new evidence.
Politics has indeed taken over what the media call science. 2/3rd of the people in academia calling themselves scientists are from the so-called social sciences. They’re NOT scientists. They are indoctrinators of Sociology and the Marxist global march. They are from the collegiate departments of Gender Studies, Black Studies, Race Theories, History, English, Psychology, Philosophy, etc. Charlatans, propagandists and political operatives. Scratch any one of them and you will see the color red—not by blood but by political belief.
It really is one of many modern perversions.
Academia has become a branch of the Communist Party and their so called sciences have been completely corrupted. You can see every one of their declarations have a political agenda to silence capitalism and promote communism.