"he's not a doctor, he's not a trained scientist, he's a dude who is shoving fecal extracts from his friend up his bum and hoping the results are positive."
Arguably, this is the oldest and most fundamental version of science.
You don't need to go to school for ten years to great your Magical Science Certificate in order to practice Science--you just have to be able to ask questions and try out random shit and share your results.
It's haphazard, but at least people here are trying, right? And if they're unfettered by the academic-industrial complex, so much the better.