It
is science that has provided modern man life of ease, leisure and pleasure. It
has brought within the reach of the common man comfort and luxuries that were
available in the past only to the privileged few.
Science
has invented marvelous machines to take the drudgery out of man’s work. By
doing much of his work and doing it fast, machines have provided man with a lot
of leisure. The rosy dream of an easy
and luxurious life has come true
for him. Distance has been conquered. Modern means of transport and
communication have made the world a global village. Men and things and news and
views can go around the globe today with lightning speed. Internet has brought
people of the together and brought about a revolution in the fields of
information and communication. Man has already landed on the moon and man-made
satellites have made voyages through the solar system.
Our life has become healthier and longer.
Modern hygiene, sanitation, medicine and surgery are conquering more and more
physical and mental illnesses with each passing day. We now know and experience
the joy of good health and longe vity. Through the cinema , the radio, the tape
recorder, the tv and the video , science has worked wonders in the fields of
education and entertainment.
Though
we welcome these blessings of science, we have to consider the other side of
the picture also. Man has not been able to face the problems created by the
inventions of science and to stop the misuse or harmful consequences of
scientific inventions. Factories have polluted the water and the atmosphere.
They have caused noise pollution. Industrialization have led to slums in which
human beings live a degraded life in the midst of filth and squalor. We have
allowed science to master us instead of keeping it our servant. Medical
inventions have , by reducing infant mortality and increasing longevity, led to
population explosion and the consequent miseries.
Again,
science has put in our hands terrible weapons such as nuclear bombs, guided missiles and the means of
chemical and biological warfare. We are in danger of destroying ourselves with
these monstrous means that , ironically, are our own creations. Rightly used,
science can bring heaven on earth. Wrongly used, it can turn this earth into
hell.
