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I don't think there should be one system of knowledge creation. It's okay to have various different system in our society that works with different incentives.
I think an organisation like CFAR, provided it's well funded is more likely to invent effective techniques for rational thinking then academic psychologists.
GiveWell is also an organisation that creates valuable knowledge. They incentivise nonprofits to do good studies that prove the effectiveness of the nonprofits.
I think there's room for a crowdsourced version of this that works like Wikipedia.
Having a science replacement grow out of Givewell would be pretty interesting. I'll bet they'd do a better job of prioritizing research areas than government agencies like the National Science Foundation.
If you talk about "science replacement" you have to think about what science is. The German word for science is "Wissenschaft". The creation of knowledge. In particular the creation of reliable knowledge. GiveWell is engaged in that project.
According to Kuhn part of a scientific revolution is that the questions that get asked change.