While it wasn't that hard, general public does not know where to even look for primary or even preliminary evidence. Much less how to evaluate the densely written papers.
So in the end it is reliant on science communicators, and there is enough people who are either bad at it, fake it or altogether evil and misrepresenting scientific evidence for it to fail.
You always will have some authority needed as you have to be able to read really well and a lot of practice with the specific field to handle the outputs of science.
So in the end it is reliant on science communicators, and there is enough people who are either bad at it, fake it or altogether evil and misrepresenting scientific evidence for it to fail.
You always will have some authority needed as you have to be able to read really well and a lot of practice with the specific field to handle the outputs of science.