I was merely putting the point across. I realize that first-rate science can be done outside of the scientific establishment, and likewise, for example, St. Francis reformed the Church outside of her formal structures. But it is one thing to be an outsider due to a circumstance, the other to deny the legitimacy of the established order because of insufficiency of professional merit.
Luther invented sola scriptura because it allowed him to spin the scripture every which way he wished outside of the rigor of the Church, just like a failed scientist, unable to get a positive peer review, self-publishes on the Internet.
I know that the darwinists would use the scientific establishment in a self-serving way, but that is one rare example. Typically, self-published science is just second grade.
Twenty years ago, what were the peer reviews of string theory in physics? Most physicists wouldn't give it the time of day. Today, this is the most exciting thing going on in physics. Physicists did have access to the Internet over the past 20 years. In my opinion, this has helped speed the acceptance the this new theory.
The World Wide Web was invented by a scientist working at a physic lab so his fellow scientists could exchange information more easily. It takes time to change peer opinion, but the Web is helping to accelerate the advancement of theory in the sciences.
Surely you can come up with a better analogy.