Not at all. What i mean is that scientists discovered a problem and 1) pursued it regardless of what the major funding agencies thought of it 2) encouraged patients to get involved and 3) informed the public of their progress regularly allowing for open discussion and collaboration.

Amazing!

I think you've misread the OP here; jump back to this guideline as a rule of thumb, its helped me a great deal.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html:

>> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

you should re-read his comments

That was the whole of science before about 1850.