... to me is how scientists are rarely in control of their creations at all.
It's like, "Out of the way, eggheads! We're in charge of this stuff now! We could never grasp how you did it, but we're clearly most qualified to oversee it because of our people skills, or something. Invent protective force fields or something else useful, losers." 
I sometimes think that even the agricultural revolution was a mistake, in terms of humanity's survival. If I could somehow go back in time and actually communicate with those people, I might say, "Sure, it's much more convenient than foraging for food. Heck, there's even markets to pick out whatever you want now, with labor more divided. But be careful, because people will spring up with justifications for their bigger cut of the goods than others. And they'll tell scary stories about invisible beings who might take it all away, and how you need to obey their guidance because only they can communicate with those entities to avoid such punishment. My advise is to banish them as soon as possible."
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