“And gay used to mean happy, not homosexual.”
So... are you using the people who transformed that word as your role model in claiming that “scientism” means whatever you decide it should be?
Hunh. I would have rolled with Humpty Dumpty instead but that’s just me.
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less. ‘”
“’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’”
You really are obtuse, aren't you!