Modern science is industuishable from magic. You study unseen forces and use enigmatic languages to divine (or derive) hidden truths of the world, and then invoke this knowledge to conjure and control manifestations of nature to accomplish your goals in the physical realm. Don't forget all the rituals and rites, and consumption of drugs (caffeine) that facilitate your studies and connection to this other world.

Yeah, STEM PhDs are all just fuckin' witches and wizards.