When scientists try to make something simple so the general public they fall prey to the sceptics in the public who are not told the complex calculations that really go into scientific consensus building.
Sure the simplistic explanation is an over simplification, but that the story has to be told suggests to the intelligent in an audience that there is more to the issue than meets the eye. In the modern world it's best to bore people with details than try to persuade them with over simplifications that they can refute. People with facts can come to their own conclusions and the most intelligent will probably come pretty close to the truth. So science is not foolproof, but it is useful.
Be pragmatic and embrace the possible even though it stretches the imagination.
I can remember Pierre Trudeau trying to teach Canadians economics in a simple way . All he did was create doubt.