I think that he has no idea that there’s such a thing as real science. To him, I believe, anything he doesn’t understand (pretty much everything) is magic. And he controls it by controlling the people who do the magic. Every time we have to watch him deal with something “sciency” we have to watch as he tries to cow the people into doing something that’s either not possible, or doing something possible on a schedule that suits his own desires.
I think that he has no idea that there’s such a thing as real science. To him, I believe, anything he doesn’t understand (pretty much everything) is magic. And he controls it by controlling the people who do the magic. Every time we have to watch him deal with something “sciency” we have to watch as he tries to cow the people into doing something that’s either not possible, or doing something possible on a schedule that suits his own desires.