Not a questions but Neil Degrasse Tyson said something along the lines of it being ok to hold alternative views (because freedom of speech and thought and whatnot), but when you hold a position of power and influence over others and you spew incorrect facts/anti-science, you become a risk/danger to the citizens of a nation, especially the young and impressionable ones.
Media seems to be a big problem. Misinformation and sensationalism doesn't help. How can change this? To my knowledge it hasn't always been this bad.
Obviously we aren't teaching science properly to students, but isn't the solution to improve the education system as a whole (which begins at the state/nation policy level with more budget, more qualified teachers)?
We choose personal anecdote/experience over statistics because it's the only thing we can relate to (1 person you know dying > statistic of 1 million people dying), so how can we make statistics hold the same power/emotion?