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The scientific method is a cultural construct, but one that yields nice things such as iPhones and reasonably accurate theories of physics. Of course, it also helps produce nasty things like atomic bombs.
I think the real fallacy is saying that the scientific method is just as good as any other method at finding truth.
It looks like the problem might be that saying "X is a cultural construct" gets read as "X is just a cultural construct and as such has no value outside of it's cultural boundaries".
There is more to a thing than how it came to be.