Science is the reason we have such good, long lives. We only have to look at parts of the world that don’t employ science to see what a bountiful life it has given us.
Why disparage that?
I don’t think science is the only reason we live good long lives.
I think good behavior is another reason.
Some of the antipathy towards Science! is that we have been sold global warming by its bigwigs for a number of years. Science! pushes global population explosion theories, it warned of the coming ice age in the 70s, and I ate margarine exclusively as a child because “butter is bad for you.”
So most of us want to take what Science! says with a grain of salt, and be cautious about accepting everything we are told as inspired truth. It’s fallible, and frequently changes, and we want that acknowledged.