"quite few"
1. Does "quite few" here mean many?

2. does "which is often viewed as socially constructed, absurdly self-important and probably sinister" refer to "science"?

Context:

"It goes without saying that The Truth is not deemed to exist at all and quite few are disenchanted by science, which is often viewed as socially constructed, absurdly self-important and probably sinister."

Question

"quite few"
1. Does "quite few" here mean many?

2. does "which is often viewed as socially constructed, absurdly self-important and probably sinister" refer to "science"?

Context:

"It goes without saying that The Truth is not deemed to exist at all and quite few are disenchanted by science, which is often viewed as socially constructed, absurdly self-important and probably sinister."

Answer

'Quite few'  doesn't make sense. I am surprised an English speaking author would write those words, and that her editor would let them go to print!  the expression is either 'quite a few', which means a not insignificant number, in the scheme of things; or 'very few', which means hardly any at all.  I suspect from the context that in this case she means the former - quite a few.

Answer

1. "Quite few" itself doesn't make sense, but if it had been written "quite a few" then it would mean many. 
2. These are describing how certain people view science.
I hope this helped!

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