You can say that here, because we're all in a space where science is unquestioned, but try and say that to my mom over the Christmas table and you won't get very far in that conversation.
I have a lot of concerns and issues with science as it's often practiced today, but I'd still consider myself pro-science. I certainty wouldn't say I accept science without question and the very idea of that seems absurd. Science isn't some religion that doesn't allow for questioning. Science is all about questioning.
It's not that the individuals don't question science. I, just like you, also question science both in form and substance. It's that this particular venue doesn't. Hackernews is not the space for discussing if science is even really helpful or good. It's not the space to have lengthy debates about the meaning of science and the price of progress. Hackernews is an optimistic entrepreneur/technology forum, we assume (by and large) that entrepreneurship and technological advancement is good.
What I'm trying to say is that all spaces are "echo chambers" in that they all implicitly have their own tone and angle that all the participants agree to uphold as they join. You don't discuss politics at the dinner table after all.
That's fair, although I will say I have seen some good discussions here at HN on the negative impacts of certain technologies which is encouraging. Those are the kinds of issues you'd hope tech people were giving some thought to.
I'll agree though that it's still very much encouraging of new technologies even those that will be certain to cause problems. For example, people here are far more interested in the cool things they can do using WebAssembly than they are worried about how it will be used to deliver malware and violate people's privacy.
