The science community deserves scrutiny because academia is an undemocratic and elitist institution. These facts in combination with the power that academia has, makes that underserved people will naturally distrust it. Yes, most critics of science are reactionaries who want to live in a fantasy world, but there are real leftist reasons to scrutinise the academic institution because it is set up in a way to serve capital as much as possible while still maintaining standards that seek truth.