Some of the loudest Proponents of Science — an identity moreso than a descriptor — are scientifically illiterate. If you say stuff like "there's a consensus in the field" or "this has been established for 50 years," and can't go any deeper than that, you're just chanting doctrine
You think it's impossible for anyone identifying as or considered a "proponent of science" to be scientifically illiterate? I've got a few grant proposals to sell you