>>14329088There's a lot of things someone could attempt to accomplish by gatekeeping science. For instance birthrates fall as incomes rise. Gatekeeping science can gatekeep wealth and prevent demographic collapse.
Selectively gatekeeping science for the wise only will lead to good governance when people want to elect someone "educated".
Gatekeeping science for ignorance such as only accepting people who deny science that insults their minority could be used to gatekeep science and wealth from the intelligent to prevent demographic collapse of the intelligent.
Also can be used to promote tyranny if coupled with certain laws or promote individualism as people stop caring about credentials.
Could spark a move for more libertarianism too if the general public get really annoyed of them and they push for weird new laws.
Gatekeeping science for communists and socialists can be done to start a coup and attack unsustainable industries and even cause famines if you want.
Gatekeeping science for gender equality can guarantee that progress will slow, but that war hawks lose popularity and influence.
Gatekeeping science for raw IQ could be used to make a caste of hyper intelligent people.
Gatekeeping science for technical expertise can improve industry and progress on practical endeavor, inventions, and projects.
It would really only be fun if universities weren't mostly cookie cutter copies and had some hard core fundamental differences in what and how they gate keep science. Instead they're all just supposed to be pc and get accredited and make money. Boring.
