What Is The Importance Of Science And The Horrors Of Science On Human Society?
Importance of science: Science means knowledge and it has two objectives to enable men to do and to know. Science has evolved out of philosophy, culture, mythology and religion. In the past science has remained a pursuit of the learned but more recently, it has become an important factor in determining the everyday life of the common man. There is hardly any sphere of life where science is not serving like curing diseases, preserving our food, warming us in winter cooling us in summer, building our houses transporting us on land and water and helps us day and night in a hundred different ways. Horrors of science: Science is a double-edged weapon. It is useful and good on one hand and dangerous on the other hand. Population explosion, massive malnutrition, threat of nuclear and biological weapons and industrial pollution constitute the hit-list of horrors of science. It has made man more powerful to destroy his fellows. The atomic and hydrogen bombs continue to threaten humanity. Scienc
