To predict effectively, we need to use science, because we can then reproduce what we’re doing and not rely on wisdom or guesswork. And if we can predict, then we can engineer the future. So if you are concerned about influencing energy policy, or national security policy, or health policy, or education, then science—and a particular branch of science—is a way to do it. This is not the way we’ve been doing it, which has been by using seatof- the-pants wisdom.
What a bunch of hooey. Pseudo-scientific techniques can be very useful but nothing can substitute for the human mind informed by extensive research and knowledge.