I think much of the problem in science comes from societal attitudes toward it. It is viewed as either a god or a charlatan. As Presto said, too much science is misrepresented in the media by people with no background knowledge in the subject or just looking for a good headline, thus giving the idea that it is the scientists who are ignorant, not the reporters. The idea that science is an unassailable god, as Sunni mentioned, is promoted in the university system by arrogant professors who are right because some paper says they know all and are some sort of expert. The scientific theory is really not taught in school, schools tend to follow the idea that scientists are all experts or frauds. When I studied biology I had a few professors who truly understood science. We also understood science isn't fact, but only observation; that science is never static and sure, but ever changing, because our knowledge changes daily. Much of what I learned in genetics class is that we really don't know as much as the media makes out that we do. Television shows also give a false idea of what science is capable of (in fictional forensics shows especially (think CSI)). What I love about science is that lack of permanence, knowing what is taught today may prove to be completely wrong tomorrow (the Earth used to be flat), that change is the only constant.