Would you really be willing to risk the continuum by saving them? Contributing the science is a small precision strike with somewhat predictable consequences s

Would you really be willing to risk the continuum by saving them? Contributing the science is a small precision strike with somewhat predictable consequences saving people you don't know is a mixed bag it could have good consequences or it could have negative consequences and in ways you could never have predicted. The aim of a time traveler should be to keep as low as a footprint as you can and keep it positive or another time traveler may just have to come back in time to kill your ass to prevent your recklessness.