Totally agree. Centralization has never worked in anything, do I wonder why there is this belief that it will do so in science? It seems that we have reached a point where theories must pass through a small circle of scientistic academics, who ultimately have the capacity to establish what is the truth and what is not.
This "scientific community", of course, is superior to us, and they have the ability to tell us what we should believe. I am not surprised that out of these "superior brains" come ideas as stupid as a nation led by scientists; "Rationalia".