Scientific publishing has been gamed to advance scientists’ careers not knowledge. While science communication has turned into a means of public indoctrination.  In this essay, Àlex Gómez-Marín argues that real experts don’t know “the truth,” and that we should become pilgrims towards the unknown rather than the squatters of the broken records of ideological mantras.  Science is in trouble. The problem comes from within and from without. Not only has scientific publishing been gamed to advance one’s career rather than everyone’s knowledge, but scientific communication has turned into a mechanism of public indoctrination. We don’t seem to live in a world where people can “trust the experts” anymore. Worrisomely, the mantra “science says” either means almost everything or virtually nothing to most of us today. For instance, already at year 4 AC (After COVID), some citizens would never acc…

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