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Hypothetically speaking
Not really. There would still be branches of ridiculous pseudoscience and pop psychology just like there is now and the wrong people would use those bullshyt theories to justify whatever atrocities they want to commit. A world based on scientific reason would still have its Malcolm Gladwells stirring shyt up.
He's a snarky "devil's advocate" that shills for unsavory industries like Big Tobacco and the mortgage industry while claiming to contradict conventional wisdom. His career is tied to a number of far-right think tanks and the first person to really put him on in the world of journalism was a noted white supremacist. And in his latest book he defends the cops in this picture:What's wrong with Gladwell?