Ordinary people, how ever educated, how ever smart, as long as not familar with the Dhamma, are simply blind to good and bad deeds, would never go after right, but simply see just good (pleasing) and bad (unpleasing) things, would always just focus on gain good things, have good things as their focus and are bond to ever do evil, what ever they go after.
Why is that? Because thinking that material is real, senses and their objects, yet believe that qualities of deeds are without results and aims justify means.
Sciences drives the human world straight to hell.