Dark side of Bacon's method?

My question is about what the significance is of the description the governor of Bensalem gives about the downfall of the original Atlantis. Bacon calls the kingdoms of Atlantis “mighty and proud kingdoms in arms, shipping, and riches” (250). They were so proud and rich that they undertook great expeditions of conquest that failed, and they were finally crushed altogether by what he calls “the Divine Revenge” (251). Is this done for the reasons Pesic gives as arrogance and aggressiveness leading for the downfall, or is there something more?

I find it interesting that Bacon specifically says the ancient sources were wrong and what Plato described as an earthquake destroying Atlantis was actually a flood or deluge. Is this significant symbolically in that the Atlanteans were inundated in their own desire for more technology and knowledge? Is there a dark side of Bacon’s method that can go wrong and that needs to be avoided and feared?