Science denialists have undue influence in our society because science has a self-inflicted credibility problem connected with the need to grow the enterprise of science (EOS). If we want science working for us, we need to fix the EOS. Science education must include the history of science, the philosophy of science, and logic. Any activity in which political affiliation or any other demographic attribute is important is not science.

John Oliver on the endless assault of "scientific studies"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw

Dispatches from peer-review land:
http://retractionwatch.com/

Media manipulation:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-fda-manipulates-the-media/

P-hacking:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-isnt-broken/...

The replication crisis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis

The liberal war on science:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-liberals-war-on-science