Because Science describes how it is, not how they think it is.
For Isaac Newton, this problem did not exist. God had organized the world a certain way (using mathematical formulas) and all he had to do was discover what those formulas were.
His solutions always involved some simplification of the data to make the mathematics manageable (there was only planet revolving around the sun, the rest had to be ignored), but this was acceptable at the time. He explained almost everything, and that was good enough.
But as Science looked at the world more carefully (using Electro Magnetic theory and Quantum Mechanics) his solutions were seen to be inadequate.
They were inadequate to scientists, but not to most people. who had become rich because of the Industrial Revolution and the Steam Engine. That was all the theory they needed and wanted.
A huge gap appeared between most people and those who were knowledgeable. And this gap has persisted and even gotten worse.
They think growth can continue forever. But when Science says this is impossible, they attack Science viciously.
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