Scientific advancement IS the change in the understanding of humans. Your fallacy lies in pretending science can progress in an objectively defined space where

Scientific advancement IS the change in the understanding of humans. Your fallacy lies in pretending science can progress in an objectively defined space where saying 'progress twice as fast' even makes sense. But it does not. It progresses as people refine and improve their understanding of the universe. Books or LLMs don't contain understanding, only data. If less people grow a deep understanding of mathematics and the universe, science progress will slow down, even as metrics like numbers of graduates or papers published go up.