So ridiculous. The vast majority of 'science' these days is conjecture that never goes anywhere. All the actual breakthroughs were made centuries and mainly by people who didn't go through universities in the first place. So yes the analysis of people outside the standard university indoctrination camps is valid to science and always has been.

To me it seems that the 6 years of study at university is mainly designed to produce the sunken cost fallacy in those who've gone through it. Since they've dedicated so much time and money to it there's no way it could have been a terrible decision right?