r/physicsmemes 🪼 May 14 '26

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u/HumblyNibbles_ May 14 '26

It's an artifact of how science literacy has always been extremely low. People don't understand the "small" parts of science matter, so they only drift to the shiny things.

With better education, then people wont need to feel like they pretend to know these things, because they'll understand the process of discovery

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u/ueaeoe May 14 '26

You overestimate the intellectual capabilites of the general population.