An evil origin story
It can also skew one’s perspective on the world to know an immense amount about one specific field. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
We would all do well to understand our biases.
Also it gives the uneducated the opportunity to associate education with evil.
One of my biggest gripes with Lemmy is that some see a conspiracy in a very single thing in existence
Doesn't have to be a conspiracy to have that effect or reflect that view
It's almost too much of a coincidence