Science has been dead for ~70 years and only recently has the rot gotten bad enough for everyone to notice. Only replicability is science - "take no one's word for it". Contrast with peer review which is merely way to lend credibility to official pronouncements. https://twitter.com/KBULTRA0/status/1134478255929606146 …
Our state religion is in conflict with reality so it's in conflict with science - or anything that accurately describes reality.