This is a fair point and it's a valid criticism of scientism which blurs the line between a sort of platonic idea of "science" as an unencumbered pursuit of ult

This is a fair point and it's a valid criticism of scientism which blurs the line between a sort of platonic idea of "science" as an unencumbered pursuit of ultimate truth and "science" as a human endeavour which is subject to current zeitgeist, social norms, economics (funding) and everything else.