Originally Posted by
alsbos
I don't know what 'scientism' means to you, but it sounds bad.
The work product of most scientists is not a prediction, but instead a 'product' that has market value. For instance, material chemists invented non-stick teflon and I assume the material that covers stealth bombers. These are tangible products that have value. The only scientists who produce things that don't have market value are going to be in academics and sometimes the government (for obvious reasons).
Of course, data scientists at places like google make predictions (for sales and other reasons), but again this work product has real market value.