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>>pseudo+(OP)
There is no question that the advancement of science has been good for humanity as a whole.

Using math to improve the effectiveness of the police is a good thing. This effort - however well intended maybe - would throw out the baby with the bathwater.

>>raarts+0i
If science ultimately kills us all due to climate change or nuclear war or global pandemic or alerting hostile aliens to our presence or (other-crazy-thing-of-nonzero-measure) then I claim that science will not have been good for humanity as a whole. The verdict is unknowable. We comically forgot to run a scientific experiment on the matter.

>>RhysU+I91
I get your point, but so far science has been a huge net positive:

    - electricity (cellphone towers, refrigerators)
    - food technology (producing food efficiently)
    - medicine (vaccines, hospitals)
    - hygiene (sewer system, clean water)

have allowed us in the last five centuries to raise humanity from '99% being starved', to 'largely prosperous and improving fast'.