A fair bit lo learn about what good science gets up to? But science is what real fallible human scientists get up to, which can be far from perfect. Both when carrying out investigations etc, and when inviolved in peer review. Over time evolutionary processe occur, and things move along pretty well.

But the way you talk about this, Scientists appear to be seen as a kind of dedicated priesthood. And that's as shaky a version of scientists as it is of actual priests. By which I mean, most of the time it's probably not too far away from the truth, but by no means always, and all too often, it's nowhere near.

And that isn't just away charletons or incimpetents getting by, but also some of most productive and effective, including some Nobel Prizewinners.

And in no way am I putting down science or scientists, just pointing out they are orddinary people in most ways.