Coda. Utopia, dystopia and denialism::The making of science in between a professional endeavour and a marketplace

This Coda explores the causes of denialism by turning the attention towards what happens inside and around the university and the making of science. The making of science is made of rituals which define our identity as researchers and is intrinsically related to inquiries into what we do not know and many never know. Scientists define these rituals in a network of actors, a network that has been expanding since the printing revolution to now includes university and journal rankings, professional and popular press, social media, to name but a few. This shift has consequences. I investigate these consequences and argue that the science and researchers now pursue means (e.g. legitimating resources) which have become ends in themselves. Scientists are culprit in this shift and profit from it. The result is a subtle but pervasive change in the purpose of scientific research and its legitimacy.