Science as Misapplied Metaphor has always been popular.

Back in the day, people were distraught because Newtown’s Laws of Motion did not leave any space for free will.

Shades of this Amy Shumer bit: “how do the hard sciences speak to me personally?”

https://laughingsquid.com/bill-nye-the-science-guy-explains-the-true-purpose-of-the-universe-in-a-clip-from-inside-amy-schumer/