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RE: A 50-years-long hunt for the Higgs boson
Based on theory maybe, but a theory largely favored and confirmed by data.
For the rest, the problem is mostly related to pseudoscientific ideas that mostly spread through the internet and become mainstream, although they should have in principle never left the bar discussions... I don't know what the future will be...
I think an important mission of STEM is to educate people on the differences between science and pseudoscience. Unfortunately it takes a lot of time and patience, something most of us don't really have!
But we can be happy some of us have that time ^^
We must make time, and yes as @dizzyjay said, I am still getting into contact with people who want nothing to do with science even though they use it everyday. And this has everything to do with education. Which is failing its purpose in many countries.
Education and open mindedness. Accepting proofs, accepting that one can be wrong, and so on...