dont you mean entrust in pseudoscience. telling stem research for what it is, often dont reach laypersons expectation, so some of them fall for pseudoscience that seems to have an answer for everything.
an example would chronic lyme, which is a real disease, many people believe it solely because they have unexplained symptoms that may resemble some some symptoms of lyme disease. Also snakesoilman MDs, and industry around lyme reinforces these beliefs.