Most people have not in fact realized weak typing is not a good idea. I myself vastly prefer strongly typed languages and think they are superior. However there are a huge number of people I work with and know professionally who prefer dynamically typed languages. Weak versus strong typing is a highly subjective opinion. Each one has different costs and benefits and which camp you land in depends in large part on what you value personally.

Most "scripting" plangs are both strong and dynamic typed at the same time.