And why can't everyone just click ignore on once? Can't you just leave the troll alone? Or we send him a chemtrail plane and brainwash him.
Because he represents a social phenomenon that runs through all educational and age groups.
It is the lack of ability to distinguish between natural science, other branches of science, statements by scientists as opinions, and statements by third parties about scientists’ opinions, which were previously equated with science. Everything is thrown together and out comes a loss of trust in that external expertise which says something different than what one felt they always knew anyway. The result is diving into a bubble where what one already had as prejudices applies. This bubble is protected by weak, sometimes completely absent self-reflection.
In fact, a (supposed) failure of science in area A says nothing about the quality of insights in area B. One would have to reassess
every time. Simple heuristics like “once screwed up, always…” do not apply.
This is not understood, not applied, and is often the root of this whole conspiracy nonsense.