First we don't start from zero. If you would build a robot with all human senses but erased hard drive it wouldn't do anything, ever.
Second, while applied in RL, science might be labeled as "objective" and therefore be superior for, let's say, building a bridge. But on a very basal level, we're subjectively agreeing on what "scientific" is, or rather based on non-proofable paradigms, which is what the article is about