@b4c50e1b related, I thought this from Angela Collier was excellent:

https://youtu.be/kya_LXa_y1E

“String theory lied to us, and now science communication is hard”

The summary basically is that we’ve been hearing “…we just need another 10 years and we’ll have it all worked out” for 40 or so years now, which has damaged trust overall 

 @de91beb4 - yes, that's a good video.