And how much does it cost to hire experts, who will decide who is the expert in a given field? And then turtles all the way down? Authorities are reaching out to experts. But that only creates new problems. They are not impartial, not free of error and biases, and never can have wide enough view of the topic. Yet their opinion produces an aura of “more valid” sciencey, solid knowledge.
A good lot of mainstream "science" is rife with vested interests. When humans are involved it's inevitable. It doesn't have to be an outright scam, fraud, paid shill etc, it could be as simple as knowing where your next research grant is going to come from, or knowing that is you publish against the establishment your career could be over.
And therein lies the balance, but you have to always start by asking "who's funding it?" and work from there.
It's not that
hard to fund an independent panel that simply know how to ask questions. Asking questions is often all it takes.
Dave is not an expert on solar panels. He’s an educated commentator. I may agree with Dave on TIPA and a few other bullshit “technologies”, but that’s merely an alignment of opinions.
The beauty is, I don't have to be. Literally
anyone with the right mindset can expose or raise doubts on this stuff by asking basic questions.
In the case of TIPA, their entire logic is based on 80% reflection, ok, fine, prove it. They won't be able to of course, they are simply relying on nobody asking the question.
Nuclear Diamond battery would have been as easy as "show us the prototype" (it didn't exist).