Points: Negative role of science — Positive rote of science —Responsibility of man.
We are living in a precarious world today. Atom bombs are being stockpiled by the two super-powers competing with each other. If there be any third world war, that will spell the total destruction of mankind. Science has given man the weapons to kill the entire human race within a short time. So there is a tendency to damn science as an enemy of man.
But human civilization would hardly have been what it is today without the achievements of science. Television and wireless bring the world to our doors. There is hardly any disease which the doctors cannot cure today. And all this is due to science. Science by itself is neither a friend nor an enemy of man. If man is wise he can easily make this world a much better place to live in. Already the scientists are talking of “atoms for peace.” That is the most hopeful sign of our times. It shows that the enlightened sections of mankind are against using science for war or destruction.
Man should not only have knowledge but also wisdom to make proper use of his knowledge of science. Our education should teach us values, not merely information. For it is the kind of man which will determine the kind of society and the kind of the world we have.
We are living in a precarious world today. Atom bombs are being stockpiled by the two super-powers competing with each other. If there be any third world war, that will spell the total destruction of mankind. Science has given man the weapons to kill the entire human race within a short time. So there is a tendency to damn science as an enemy of man.
But human civilization would hardly have been what it is today without the achievements of science. Television and wireless bring the world to our doors. There is hardly any disease which the doctors cannot cure today. And all this is due to science. Science by itself is neither a friend nor an enemy of man. If man is wise he can easily make this world a much better place to live in. Already the scientists are talking of “atoms for peace.” That is the most hopeful sign of our times. It shows that the enlightened sections of mankind are against using science for war or destruction.
Man should not only have knowledge but also wisdom to make proper use of his knowledge of science. Our education should teach us values, not merely information. For it is the kind of man which will determine the kind of society and the kind of the world we have.
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