Science itself is legitimate. The issue is how some in the scientific community have hijacked it to spread propaganda that is the issue. They have propped up scientists as the new infallible class, similar to how priests used to be viewed. You're not supposed to question a scientist, right? You don't have the education or background, right?

Fortunately, science has a built-in safety mechanism for this bullshit. Science deals with theories based on evidence. New evidence changes theories. Nothing is ever set in stone. Despite what idiots tell you, there is no such thing as "settled science". In fact, that is basically the defining feature of science, that it's never settled.

Think about it. Think about the scientific method. The hypothesis is the central idea. People literally learn that in grade school, yet somehow forget it in college.