Right - it would certainly make science easier if we weren’t human, but we are, so we devised a system that is eventually resilient to quackery and hysteria. It

Right - it would certainly make science easier if we weren’t human, but we are, so we devised a system that is eventually resilient to quackery and hysteria. It’s impractical to lament our fate as hairless apes driven by the need to preen in public and dream of bigger better shinies. The truth doesn’t have to come with fanfare. It just has to dominate in the end.