scientific progress is facts plus people, people researching and people evaluating, judging the science.
people dynamics matter.
and we can and do _scientifically_ look at that part of "doing science".
for example in social sciences.
and their findings, and then attempts to remedy injustice uncovered in these findings are what drove and drives approaches for remedy, "policies".
these _of course_ are disputed by those benefitting from the status quo, like publishers as part of the top wealth percentile.
so far so obvious.
what baffles me is that some call injustice "issue du jour", when it is much older than Christianity.
even more so when as we found out taking care benefits business.
and I dare going one step further: if we don't discuss social implications of science and tech, the AI gives the wealthy cheap access to smarts, while it takes smarts the lever for a good life.
to me, the advent of AI puts the question of societal justice _in science_, in intelligence work, front and center.