Successful scientific inquiry does not always necessarily proceed rationally or reasonably. For example, Galileo defended the Copernican revolution in physics, not rationally, but with an idealistic zeal mixed with rhetoric and propaganda, and rightfully so.
Intellectual progress stresses creativity, wants and desires, instead of complete adherence to scientific method, scrutiny and authority. Anarchist thought SHOULD replace rationalism. It would allow the scientist freedom without having to threaten scientific law and order. This “whittling” away of reason in favor of the principle of ANYTHING GOES is “the way” toward progress.
The reality may be that science is closer to myth than it is to scientific method or philosophy, despite what the scientific community would like YOU and the nation’s leaders and the voting public to believe. Those who reject the science of ANYTHING GOES have already decided to favor ANOTHER WAY of seeing things.
Have you possibly simply “accepted” this other way or perspective WITHOUT really thoroughly investigating it? If it is the status quo you are accepting, or group consensus, have you considered its disadvantages and limits? Accepting or rejecting ideologies is an individual decision one has to make on their own. However, “liberating your mind” in favor of possibly ANYTHING GOES may be the ONLY way to achieve everything you have yet to learn or fully realize.