Science-based concept of a good world

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Science-based concept of a good world is an overall concept about how the society, or the world at large, should be organised in such a way that people in general could live happy and resourceful life without compromising the needs of others. The concept is based on an assumption that using the scientific method, it is possible to obtain good answers to the question. Even if it is not possible to find an ultimate single solution using science, the approach is useful in rejecting many policies that appear to fulfil the objectives stated by the society, but actually do not hold against scientific criticism. Science-based policy would be beneficial if many political mistakes could be avoided. But there could be even more profound importance of the approach.

Is it so that the possible science-based concepts tend to converge to a limited set of solutions? If this is true, then it is even more important to take the science-based concept as the guiding rule of the policy-making. This is because then the policy is not only good policy but also a predictable policy. Anyone can try to find solutions that converge to the scientifically-reasoned policies, and they have good chances of predicting where the actual policy-making will eventually go. This is a great advantage in a free-market world. This way, market effort aims at the same values that are expressed in the society, thus developing practical tools to implement the policies.