" Science is a methodology that allows you to detect patterns in data."
"Science" is organized knowledge, not a methodology. "Scientific method" is the underlying methodology which results in the creation of scientific knowledge
Detecting patterns in data is a component of "data analysis", and of recent the term "data scientist" has been coined to described individuals who study data analytics.
" Once the patterns are validated and determined useful, then the science gets applied."
Rather, once a hypothesis which is developed to explain an observation is tested to be correct, it becomes part of what we consider accepted science.
I have yet to see a single self appointed "person of science" on this forum follow scientific method. Rather, most believe that an observation is false when they lack the knowledge to develop a hypothesis. That is antithecal to science and accepted scientific practice.