As far as endgame, he presumably is a true believer.
As to letting “science take the wheel”, given the stakes it makes sense but the largest medical experiment in history is a frightening concept.
Particularly for folks that lived when they DDTed the hell out of everything, or when doctors would lobotomize or electroshock people for mildly inconveniencing their family, or eugenics programs that went and sterilized “undesirables”. Some skepticism of “science” can be expected.
The thing is these people bake in their mindset when they are relatively young and do not adjust to account for improvements or for the dire contexts.
As far as endgame, he presumably is a true believer.
As to letting “science take the wheel”, given the stakes it makes sense but the largest medical experiment in history is a frightening concept.
Particularly for folks that lived when they DDTed the hell out of everything, or when doctors would lobotomize or electroshock people for mildly inconveniencing their family, or eugenics programs that went and sterilized “undesirables”. Some skepticism of “science” can be expected.
The thing is these people bake in their mindset when they are relatively young and do not adjust to account for improvements or for the dire contexts.