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> The argument that science should be trusted (believed) is insane,

> the whole point of science is questioning everything and deferring skepticism only in lieu of anything that can disprove.

Childhood learning is about increasing trust of science thru experimentation of gravity and energy (heat/cold, momentum, friction, etc).

Without that trust, there would be no learning. Perhaps that is the point of unreasonable skepticism.



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