The first leads to introspection and discovery..
The second takes away inalienable rights !!💥💥
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While I agree with you about Feynman, the phrase "trust the science" will always be self-contradictory (an oxymoron). Science is by its very nature on a constant quest to provide evidence that previous science is false. When it succeeds in proving itself false (or misleading), which is very often, we consider that to be a great thing. We call that a "breakthrough".
Science is the iterative process of getting closer and closer to truth, with some solidly not-at-all-the-truth paths taken along the way.
The point is, science is an approach and can never, by its very nature, make statements about the truth. At best it creates guidelines for action and design that remain in debate in perpetuity.
I remember being told in my high school physics class that we knew all the physical laws and they were immutable. I also remember thinking that was absolute hubris. Twenty years later along came the whole new paradigm of quantum physics.
Actually, if you simply understand what science is, then you can really play games with the liberal left. One of my favorite Feynman quotes describes science perfectly:
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts".
Substitute that in for "Trust the Science" and watch them have a conniption.
I disagree with Feynman's statement there. His statement may be a more accurate description of what the masses think science is, but the practice of science is as I described.