Comment by d0mine

It is not black or white. Yes, there are issues. No, it doesn’t mean a random comment on the internet should have as much authority as scientific paper. There is a strong background of anti-intellectualism right now.

The connection with Gell-Mann amnesia is that people overestimate truthiness of what they read online. Combined with reading about [real] issues in science, It might create an impression that scientific findings are relatively at the same level as everything else. My point is even all the troubles science is still a head above despite the perception.