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The science which has been of such great assistance to mankind
has another face too. There is evidently a drastic change in the
lives we are leading today and that we had some years ago.
Science which has bestowed us with development, progress,
expansion and growth has also rendered us with hostilities,
violence, ruin, devastation and bloodshed. George Bernard Shaw
has rightly said
“Science… never solves a problem without creating ten more.”
Gone is the age of steam. We are now in the age of hydrogen
bombs and electricity. The most fantastic dreams of HG Wells in
his novel: “The Dream” have come true. In this space age, where
the wonders of science excel the wonders of nature, science
affects our day-to-day life. Science has surpassed the old cobwebs
of mythology and yesterday’s faith has proved to be today’s
superstition in the crucible of science.
Yet the problem is whether science is a boon or bane to society.
Science nurtures intelligence but leaves the will and emotions
uncared for. As Helen Keller has quoted
“Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no
remedy for the worst of them all- the apathy of human beings.”
Science triumphs in automating processes but now it reigns over
man. Automation is the order of the day. The specter of war and
destruction haunts the world and nobody is safe. Controlling
scientific knowledge with moral judgement may be a solution to
this dilemma. Audio-visual appliances annihilate times and
distances. But more valuable than these concrete achievements is
the spirit of science. Science means systematised knowledge. It
finds the causes of phenomena, and works through observation
and experiments. Science is the torch-bearer of the civilisation.
Is science really a bane? As religion is a Matter of Faith, in the
same way science is a Matter of Fact. Modern warfares are
destructive beyond the wildest dreams of our unscientific
predecessors. Machine guns, shells, submarines, the atom
hydrogen bombs and nuclear weapons can destroy the world in the
twinkling of an eye. Aeroplanes in war act as engines of mass
destruction. Not only in times of war but in times of peace also
man lives in the midst of diseases. Through cures are being
invented, diseases are multiplying too.
Man has manipulated deserts, hills, mountains, oceans, ice
covered regions, all of them, in accordance with his needs; and
has exploited animals to their extinction. Man has constructed
whole new islands for himself; but global warming is a big threat to
the already existing lands. Man has invented radiations and lasers
only to prove harmful to human body than being beneficial. Science
has made modern man’s life simpler but has loaded it with huge
tensions and threats.
Science is the greatest blessing that man could ever receive. It is
indeed a boon and a blessing, if used for the benefit of mankind
and for constructive purposes unless it becomes a tool in the hand
of a few selfish and evil-minded people. When used as a weapon
to destroy, create fear, spread violence and annihilate people, then
science becomes a double-edged sword destroying even the
perpetrator. It is thus in our hands to make science a blessing for
humanity or to convert it into a curse, a bane and destroy even the
footprints of mankind on this planet.
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