IMPACT OF SCIENCE ON SOCIETY
Once considered odd and Alien, science has Become the part of everybody’s life. Every citizen is directly and vitally concerned with science. The development of science has changed the life-style eating habits, nature of sports and recreations. The impact of science on modern life can be discussed as following.
1. Important 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.
From Astronomy to Zoology, from spiralling galaxies to the heart of atom, firom microchips to the mechanisms of human body and from non-living things to living ones. Every discipline of science has developed so much that it needs to be further classified. Science deals with interaction of bodies with outside forces. It tells us how the bodies react to forces but it cannot tell how they respond. No branch of science however deals with consciousness, purpose, intention, will, wisdom and morality. Modern psychology and even decision making is becoming scientific-Science has become a culture, an attitude or simply a way of life.
Superconductivity and micro-computers are the emerging faces of the applications of science-these discoveries have thrilled our lives in all dimensions. The biggest application of science is that it is unfolding the secrets of nature which were locked in a mystery for the last hundred thousand years.
Improve the ethical side of man’s nature. Ethical moral values of life have always been governed by the strings of religion throughout the ages. It cannot solve the problem of large scale crimes, drug addiction and.alcoholism. Science has no conscience, no feelings and no sympathies just facts and figures. Science cannot tell us what we should do. It is we who have to decide what to do; the science will tell us how to do it and what will happen when we have done it.
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.
2. Scope of Science
The spectrum of modern science now extendsFrom Astronomy to Zoology, from spiralling galaxies to the heart of atom, firom microchips to the mechanisms of human body and from non-living things to living ones. Every discipline of science has developed so much that it needs to be further classified. Science deals with interaction of bodies with outside forces. It tells us how the bodies react to forces but it cannot tell how they respond. No branch of science however deals with consciousness, purpose, intention, will, wisdom and morality. Modern psychology and even decision making is becoming scientific-Science has become a culture, an attitude or simply a way of life.
3. Applications of Science
Applications of Science are almost countless. It is making our lives cumfortable and happier. Electricity has appeared as the most popular and obedient form of energy. Antibiotics have produced a revolution in controlling the spread of disease. Modern ways of transportation has made all parts of the world more accessible. Genetics, test-tube babies, levitating trains,Superconductivity and micro-computers are the emerging faces of the applications of science-these discoveries have thrilled our lives in all dimensions. The biggest application of science is that it is unfolding the secrets of nature which were locked in a mystery for the last hundred thousand years.
4. Horrors of Science:
Science is a double-edged weapon. It is useful and Good on one hand and dangerous on the other. Population explosion, massive malnutrition, threat of nuclear and biological weapons and industrial pollution constitute the hit-ist of horors of science. It has made man more powerful to destroy his fellows. The atomic and hydrogen bombs continue to threaten human life. Science ience has made life hectic, complicated, noisy and full of violence. Inspite of these disadvantages, science can go a long way in decreasing human misery and sorrow and Increasing human happiness5. Limitations of Science
Science cannot teach morals and so it cannotImprove the ethical side of man’s nature. Ethical moral values of life have always been governed by the strings of religion throughout the ages. It cannot solve the problem of large scale crimes, drug addiction and.alcoholism. Science has no conscience, no feelings and no sympathies just facts and figures. Science cannot tell us what we should do. It is we who have to decide what to do; the science will tell us how to do it and what will happen when we have done it.
