In fact, power is good and people are bad.
Medical researchers apply the scientific method.
They expose rats and monkeys to some substance, then measure a specific effect of the exposure on a particular part or function of the animal. When later research finds that something high in fiber aggravates ulcers, or some carcinogen is also an anti-oxidant, the researchers are perceived as having given us contradictory orders, thus frustrating our attempts at obedience. Man, sitcoms were horrible in the 70s. It's like they were intentionally depressing. Value systems are not unordered lists of values.