Good article. It would be hard to see how anyone could disagree with your argument. However, I think you have a too rosy picture of science.

Science should be as you describe it, an uncompromising search for truth. You say that “the main sources of dogmatism are religious beliefs and political ideologies”. I would say that science can be equally guilty, since there are various dogmatic scientific ideologies, which have little interest in finding the truth. And since we are told to believe that science is how you describe it, we end up believing the alternative realities that the lying scientific ideologies provide. If “lying to oneself leads to confusion, wrong decisions and even neurosis”, then there are a lot of scientists out there in need of therapy. They should follow the excellent guidance that you offer in this article.