Science as an "institution" serves only to protect egos, fraudsters, and politicians. When citizen science is ridiculed and "the institution of science" is glo

Science as an "institution" serves only to protect egos, fraudsters, and politicians. When citizen science is ridiculed and "the institution of science" is glorified this is what you get. And anyone who dares to profess this, is a loony, a conspiracy theorist, an anti-scientific person, etc.