It's not a straw man, it's hyperbole. What I mean to suggest is not that people actually believe that any other form of knowledge is completely untrue. It's a m

It's not a straw man, it's hyperbole. What I mean to suggest is not that people actually believe that any other form of knowledge is completely untrue. It's a matter of the relative importance of science compared to other ways of knowing. Scientific medicine vs. other traditions is a great example. Many people seem to have that attitude that if something has not be scientifically shown to be effective, then it cannot be effective, thus implying that scientific medicine is "the one truth" about healing.