I think there is also often an incentive problem. Could someone have monetized their disbelief in phlogiston? A lot of modern science is often largely inconsequ

I think there is also often an incentive problem. Could someone have monetized their disbelief in phlogiston? A lot of modern science is often largely inconsequential outside the business of science, so you need to monetize within the community, which makes "attacks" on what is common knowledge probably not very worthwhile.