Science and Technology | Benefits and Harms
Subject: Many people consider science and technology a scourge. Do you share their opinion?
Introduction:
For centuries, science and technology have been witnessing a major development that culminated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In parallel with this development, the problems caused by scientific discoveries and technical inventions are increasing, leading some to hold scientists accountable and to condemn their research and achievements. On the other hand, another science and technology advocacy team has been desperate: even in schools, institutes and universities, scientific and technical subjects are taught. But in the face of the services provided by science and technology to humanity, the question arises urgently: should scientific research and technical inventions be brought to an end to avoid harm?
Science and technology are a scourge
Science and technology pollute the environment through factory smoke and the introduction of toxic chemicals as well as nuclear radiation... Technology and science are causing the death of thousands or even millions of people due to the invention of deadly weapons used in war, resulting in the destruction of people, the destruction of cities and the destruction of nature. Science and technology also pose major ethical problems, including cloning, which today is one of the greatest ethical challenges facing humanity. Is it permissible for a human being to clone a human being?
People can change their gender identity, as many celebrities have done in singing and cinema, isn't that an intervention in divine will? The problem of motherhood can also be talked about, in the case of a disabled woman who gives an egg from her womb to another woman who receives the same egg in her womb, can the first or second be considered the real mother? Let us not forget that some modern technologies contribute to the elimination of human relations.
We also note that science and technology are responsible for many serious diseases, such as allergies and asthma caused by factory smoke and automobiles, as well as the development of many viruses in civilian and military scientific laboratories where humans conduct experiments; for example, it is believed that the C-OR-ON-A virus is only a development of human-influenced viruses, which are intended to hit the economy of some countries and their health system and then sell the vaccine to them.
Science and technology are a blessing
Despite all of the above, we cannot dispense with science and technology if we look at them positively, as science has enabled the invention of drugs that have eliminated many deadly diseases, such as plague, cholera and tuberculosis, and saved the lives of many people. The development of science and technology has also contributed significantly to raising productivity in the agricultural field, enabling food to be provided to millions of people who would have suffered serious famine due to massive demographic growth and lack of natural resources. Thanks to scientific and technical inventions, people can communicate easily as well as move quickly and in good and comfortable conditions.
Technology and science have enabled many of nature's secrets to be understood and controlled; for example, weather conditions and climate change, such as volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes, can often be predicted, and people are evacuated and measures taken to save thousands of people from certain deaths. Countries exposed to such natural disasters have even developed advanced techniques to address the threats; for example, construction techniques in Japan, the country most vulnerable to earthquakes, take this into account.
Science and technology bring happiness to women and men and enable them to have children thanks to Allah Almighty and his strength, and it has also enabled the invention of medical devices that enable heart patients to live long and enable the blind to see and enable the disabled to move... All this is with the power of God Almighty. Science and technology achieve a kind of democracy and social equality, for example, for example, television, telephone and other tools and devices that were once the preserve of the wealthy have become accessible to various social segments.
The development of science and technology has led to the disappearance of some superstitious beliefs, traditions and customs based on irrationality, as the impotence of men in our society was due to magic, but thanks to psychology and medicine many realized that its causes could be physiological or psychological, and therefore they were sure that it could be cured. In addition, science and technology have enabled security personnel to decipher many crimes and to address criminals who pose a serious threat to individuals and society, using many scientific techniques and knowledge such as DNA is a real revolution in the fight against crime.
It's not science and technology, it's about using them badly by humans
The disadvantage lies not in science and technology per se, but in the bad use of it; a pistol can be used in wars to kill innocent people and can be used to protect human beings against the threat of a criminal or a life-threatening predator, and chemicals produced by humans thanks to science can be used for the pharmaceutical industry and can be used in terrorist acts. Therefore, use is responsible, not science and technology.
The inherent imbalance in society and the human being that makes science and technology a means of destruction and subversion must be addressed; wars are created by a tendency to dominate the natural resources of others, and crimes are caused by mental disorders, poverty and greed, not science and technology. That is why people must be educated on human values based on tolerance, love and fraternity, not on hatred, exclusion and violence.
Conclusion
It is clear from the above that science and technology provide human beings with outstanding services in the medical, agricultural and industrial fields, and contribute to improving people's lives and saving thousands of lives. The damage and slippage associated with scientific innovations and technical inventions are not due to science and technology, but to scientists themselves and the poor use of the world by inventors and researchers. To benefit from science and technology, ethical and human values should be instilled not only in scientists but also in users of science and technology results. Defects and imbalances in man, not science.