I would say I went from pretty right wing to center left. My current stance is more or less you should be able to earn millions (not billions that is just insane, no single person should have that kind of power) but everyone should have the same opportunities and rights.

Yeah, with science it is a similar situation because especially scientific literature gets so complex that most people do not understand it or get bored reading it and just like with politics lived experience can be very different from what scientist are telling you.