It's good in certain situations, when there is a good body of scientific knowledge to fall back on. The tragic flaw of science-based policymaking is that scien

It's good in certain situations, when there is a good body of scientific knowledge to fall back on. The tragic flaw of science-based policymaking is that scientific understanding requires evidence, and evidence is only available after an intervention is put into place. Because of this, if you rely on science alone to dictate policy, it becomes a reactionary force that opposes all new ideas as too poorly understood to be implemented.