It worships certain kinds of deities, which are otherwise known as objective facts. It deifies certain modes of behaviour otherwise known as the, pursuit of objectivity. It gives sanction to a certain moral order otherwise known as neutrality. As in classical mythologies, all these parts are connected together and dependent on each other. Neutrality is a necessary moral ingredient to make the pursuit of objectivity a privileged, preferred, superior mode of behaviour.
Objectivity is, in turn, necessary for making 'objective facts ' our deities.
Making objective facts our deities, in turn, justifies scientific method, which is so conceived as to enable us to explore and enshrine those very kinds of facts. The structure of the scientific mythology is neither less complex nor less question-begging than the structure of traditional mythologies. I am neither deriding nor trying to diminish the importance of science. Mythologies are terribly important in the life of societies and civilisations. We cannot readily perceive that science is a form of mythology because science is an integral part of the perspective through which we view the world.