"Your reply demonstrates a deep misunderstanding of what science is, and what scientists do."
  Quite the contrary. I myself am an engineer and spent several years working in research at a major university. 
 I was merely pointing out what you asked for....a reason for the mistrust. Surely it is not the only reason but it is, nonetheless, valid. HAMMER: 
 Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a 
 kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the 
 object we are trying to hit.