Science

Maybe it's just me, but these headlines are pretty consistent and all seem to have the intent of portraying "scientists" as unimaginative buffoons.

It's always, "Scientists Baffled", mystified, astounded, etc.., as if the daily work of science involves explaining every phenomenon or observation at the drop of a hat, and they are never quite up to the task.

This one is classic "scientists can't fully explain".... well, duh. Science does not purport to "fully explain" anything in the first place. Science deals in structured observation and hypothesis testing of physical phenonema, and then formulating theories that are accurate under stated conditions and limitations.

But, and this became clear during the covid pandemic, there is some psychological need to deride scientists, collectively, in these supposed "science news" headlines with a constant barrage of suggestions that they don't know what they are doing.

Why is that?