Hubris. Hubris and science are incompatible. Just another in a long line of tells that this doesn't have anything to do with "science".

"But because of humankind’s rapture for technology, and because of our hubris, like the little cartoon devil standing on our collective shoulder and whispering in our ear, “Go ahead. You can do it!” we seem destined to find out the hard way that it ultimately just won’t work. Hubris and science are incompatible." — Douglas Preston