Calling it the collapse of science is definitely hyperbole, science is a method of falsification, it can't "collapse". What is at risk is established academia

Calling it the collapse of science is definitely hyperbole, science is a method of falsification, it can't "collapse". What is at risk is established academia and society's trust in the institution. The replication crisis is not well known outside of academic or technical circles for now. But eventually it will become a major scandal and you can't blame people for losing their trust at that point. And I think the worst part about it all is you can watch academia make the issue worse in real time. I see discussions about how to fix things but everyone ignores the gorilla in the room. They stop short of the truth, that academia is fraught with fraud and the system has set up in such a way as to promote it for anyone who actually wants to have a stable and successful career. I've seen it myself first hand, when someone has been caught unequivocally committing research fraud they are fired and blacklisted from the community at large but are always treated as an isolated incident. The degree to which research cannot be reproduced means we have a serious fraud problem. Academia needs to start cleaning house.