Not really, because becoming a rapist won't reduce the number of rapes committed by others. On the other hand, inventions can really only be invented once, and

Not really, because becoming a rapist won't reduce the number of rapes committed by others. On the other hand, inventions can really only be invented once, and successfully inventing or commercialising something _will_ usually reduce the profitability for other companies entering the space (because they'll have to compete, or they don't have the patents, etc).