If, in your analogy, "the genius" isn't also "the scientist", because the scientist who studies this topic is just praying to scientism instead of doing any res

If, in your analogy, "the genius" isn't also "the scientist", because the scientist who studies this topic is just praying to scientism instead of doing any research, then who, exactly, is your genius, and how do you know that they are, in fact, a genius?