"Your reply demonstrates a deep misunderstanding of what science is, and what scientists do."
Quite the contrary. I myself am an engineer and spent several years working in research at a major university.
I was merely pointing out what you asked for....a reason for the mistrust. Surely it is not the only reason but it is, nonetheless, valid. HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.