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Myths, including any religious texts, were created through the ages to explain the inexplicable and set moral standards in a time when the masses were largely uneducated. There is no testing behind them so there is no 'proving' a myth. Scientific theories are rigorously tested to produce a consistent result. The rejection of myths through time is what led to much of the scientific discover in the modern age. Not to say science can't be wrong - but there's more there than "because I said so". Myths are stories originated from the distant past. People were telling them to explain the world around them. In the past many things were mysterious and explanations of natural phenomena had lots of magic in them. With the advance of human understanding of the world, and collection of more and more scientific explanations and facts, there is less and less need for the magical mythical explanations. That is where 'privilege' of science is coming from. It is not a matter of privilege, but rather a matter of facts and experiments which can be replicated with same results. While myths sometimes appear silly to the present human understanding of the world, scientific explanations often carry some sense in them. In addition, science is backed up by reproducible experimental observations and facts. Often the scientific explanation of reality isn't considered a mythology. Why? What makes it privileged?