I'm sorry, your claim seems to be: The process is working perfectly right now. This is absurd. The scientific method is a lot more open to interpretation than y

I'm sorry, your claim seems to be: The process is working perfectly right now. This is absurd. The scientific method is a lot more open to interpretation than you suggest, and indeed it is interpreted with wide variety in different disciplines. The methods of science will be disrupted and improved. Bright lay people will absolutely be able to poke holes in research once the methods and data are completely open, as has been indisputably proven with the advent and prominence of open source software. Research has shown systemic flaws in numerous disciplines. These sorts of flaws fester because of the closed nature of the system. Open research will have its day. It's only a matter of time.