The limiting factor has always been access to expensive scientific equipment to actually run the experiment, then access to a reputible publishing channel. Sci

The limiting factor has always been access to expensive scientific equipment to actually run the experiment, then access to a reputible publishing channel. Scientific lab equipment, a las, is still a field ripe for more work on democratization. Mind, even that suffers from things like the War on Drugs making possession of lab paraphenalia (accurate scales, glassware, and other things needed for taking accurate/controlled measurements) a risky proposition. In fact, one could say, the System is tilted against the Citizen Scientist unaffiliated with an organization from the get-go.