The New Science: Prosperity or Plague?
As humanity approaches the new millennium, we are forced to make
decisions regarding the future of our race. Our past history has shown us how far
we have come and how much we have relied on technology. Will we continue to
depend on "the new science" even with the emergence of controversial issues such We as a race must ultimately decide whether the new
science is a prosperity or a plague. It is my firm belief that the increased use of
science and technology will set us on road of demise that might ultimately destroy
With just one command, a terrorist can detroy an entire country's
population. Just one angry terrorist can set off a World War 3. Just one. This scary
thought is the culmination of our increased use of science on weapons. The
craetors of biological weapons might regret their actions now, but those actions
can't be changed. At that time, these craeyors believed they were creating
biological weapons for the good of science, and they truly believed that this would
help the world. Because of science's lack of a limit we are forced into this tight
situation in which there is no turning back. Another issue that proves how the new science will
be a plague for us is cloning. At the beginning of the realization that we could create identical
beings, many people were hopeful for the idea and advocated it be tested on humans. Som even
proposed the idea of using clones asdonors for body organs and body parts. Many still feel the
same way now. Who are we to play around with the ability to create life? That ability was meant
for God and the universe to hold, not for us to play around with. And using clones for body
parts? Who are we, to decide who dies? Besides the moral issues, other issues come into play when discussing cloning. One
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