There are few pieces of advice as misguided as the one to “follow the science”. The most recent example for why that is comes from Tim Nguyen who describes While giving a shout-out to the podcasting grifter Lex Friedman, but I won’t hold that against him.a remarkable set of physics grifters:
We thus have a disturbing truth. Eric Weinstein, the man who waxes poetic about a Distributed Idea Suppression Complex, is a hypocrite willing to use his own influence to squash criticism. Weinstein’s grievances and tale of persecution are frequently invoked to serve his narrative, yet when he receives opposition, he is willing to use his own power to suppress others.
In that way Weinstein seems remarkably similar to a certain other grifter who — setting everything he can control in his own favor — sees everything not in his favor as rigged. This very phenomenon was discussed recently on the Dithering podcast, but was recognized a long long time ago.