I'm not sure how your analogy works. Are "scientists" supposed to be analogous to "religious people"? Because religious people are the majority and hold the def

I'm not sure how your analogy works. Are "scientists" supposed to be analogous to "religious people"? Because religious people are the majority and hold the default position in current American society, whereas scientists are a small minority, the elite of those who "support the idea of science" whatever that means, perhaps more analogous to priests and ministers.