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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Science and Humanity



Many glorious achievements have been achieved by science. The advances in science are truly breathtaking. It touches everyone in everyday life. We are living in the era of science. Without science we would have none of the modern comfort and luxuries. Science has changed the complexion of modern world. But science has many dark aspects. It is not an unmixed blessing. It has brought misery to humanity. 

The science has immense destructive power. It has power to demolish the world in a moment. If man is proud of former, he cannot avoid the shame of latter. Science can give many things and can spoil many things. It has the most dangerous effect on human life. Man’s emotion has been standardized to suit the requirement of an age of science. His thoughts and ideas have become more mechanical and less human. His inner world is suppressed by the outer. Science is neutral enough to permit aristocracy – any social system based on any set of values to use it. Different system may limit its growth differently. Man need science because the purpose of science is not to disturb the life, but to develop it with its faculties. It is not an enemy of humanity.