Science writer: Scientists' astounding success rate with research problems they have been called upon to solve causes the public to believe falsely that science can solve any problem  In fact, the problems scientists are called upon to solve are typically selected by scientists themselves  When the problems are instead selected by politicians or business leaders, their formulation is nevertheless guided by scientists in such a way as to make scientific solutions feasible
Scientists are almost never asked to solve problems that are not subject to such formulation
The only reason for the astounding success rate of science is that the problems scientists are called upon to solve are usually selected by the scientists themselves.