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Do you know where science, the scientific method, scientific research andsoforth come from historically?
"Science" (as an evidence- and math-based scholarly tradition) can at earliest be dated to the Late Renaissance, 17th century, the age of Newton, Descartes, Bacon, Galilei...
But what came before science?
The cultural predecessor of science was the occult research of the Renaissance, 16th century. (In the late Middle-Ages, 14th century, alchemistic research became very popular among scholars.)
The cultural predecessor of the scientist was the occult magus of the Renaissance, consorting with spirits and daemons and wielding elaborate rituals and spells in trial&error to unveil the hidden rules that govern the cosmos.
ideologues tend to search out and spread stuff that reinforces their beliefs, so I'd actually be surprised if a lot of this wasn't far more familiar to many of them than to us. Look at all the conspiracists who can't name the three branches of government but can explain centuries of "Illuminati" activities.
How on earth did I get there? Because we're all wondering: Did the Illuminati murder Prince because he was about to expose their plot to take over the world? 
