Fucking egghead scientists, what have they ever done for us?

Well other than making the computer I’m typing on right now. And warning us about the ozone layer before we all got skin cancer. And the sanitation, we were all getting cholera before we knew about separating the poop water from the drinking water. And the airplanes, and trains, and…

But other than all of those things, what have the egghead scientist done for us? Why should we believe them?