The good news is- it is easy to spot when it appears. The bad news is- we are surrounded by it.
what gets passed as “science “ is laughable.
You mean what gets misinterpreted as "science" is laughable, don't you?
You may know this already, but
A - science isn't static
B - science doesn't proclaim truth, just the best understanding for the available evidence
C - is contributed to by regular human beings who can be influenced, leaned on, or crooked
Fauci made the call to say masks weren't necessary because he was worried the people who needed them most wouldn't get them. You can argue either way if that was the right thing to do, but he chose to mislead.
The CDC was influenced by the Trump administration to alter its messaging to the public. We know this now.
Those who don't "get" science or are too wary of it's messages think it should all be thrown out based on rare, isolated imperfections. This is foolish.
What makes science the best method we have is:
A - time.....time reveals our errors and lies
B - peer review....falsifiability, evidence, studies, reports, reproduceable experiments....actual peer review, NOT this silly religious university only "peer reviewing" this other silly religious university
The people who don't have time for what the passage of time reveals and for multiple peer-reviewed studies are a big problem. You can't speed this stuff up. Sorry!