In this analogy, the Bitcoiners would be credentialed graduates of non-economics fields that contain relevance to Bitcoin, and bringing their scholastic experie

In this analogy, the Bitcoiners would be credentialed graduates of non-economics fields that contain relevance to Bitcoin, and bringing their scholastic experiences to bear on convincing economists about Bitcoin. While I imagine that does sporadically happen here or there, it's clearly not the usual form of participation :)