@arstechnica
Look. Most people in the US do not interact with scientists. They do not interact with the direct work of scientists. On a good day, they read or watch the work of reporters who spoke to scientists and talk about their findings.
More often, people interact with media lauding fringe studies or lampooning actual academics to make a point they were going to make regardless of where the facts pointed.
Scientists don't need humility. They just need better communication channels.