I don’t see your argument with his statement
Most of those who are on the side opposing science are not generally very scientific, and can’t understand when you try to talk about method
for example, global warming is more like a religion than a science, with politics thrown in. (the worst of both- blind faith, and truth determined by ‘concensus’)
Of course not, because in the very next statement, you restate his strawman as if it were a fact to build on.