Yes. It conflates a bunch of things

> TL;DR I claim that modern science is synonymous with open source software

That's a strong statement that's not supported by the arguments and IMO misguided.

I don't have a problem with "open", but rather with "software".

Both science and software deal with models, however the focus is quite different. I suspect you conflate theory with models.

The goal of science is to produce and test theories — that's an inductive/abductive process. A model, regardless of whether it's reified into mathematical formulas or software, is a means of making a theory operational enough that its consequences can be derived and confronted with observations.

Software often starts downstream of this: it's a reification of theories, models, algorithms, or findings that are the result of research. Of course software can also be used as part of the research process itself. The distinction is roughly the familiar one between research and development.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that".