This is an illuminating point of view. Science is weak-link on its output, because of the downstream damage it can do. But article's claim still holds on the in

This is an illuminating point of view. Science is weak-link on its output, because of the downstream damage it can do. But article's claim still holds on the input side of science - sorting ideas for funding and perhaps publishing early results with a disclaimer. That's a strong-link problem, where you want to consider impact times reliability rather than just reliability alone.