ScienceandTechnology

    hereisadifferencebetweenscienceandtechnology.Scienceisamethodofansweringtheoreticalquestions;technologyisamethodofsolvingpracticalproblems.Sciencehastodowithdiscoveringthefactsandrelationshipsbetweenobservablephenomenainnatureandwithestablishingtheoriesthatservetoorganizethesefactsandrelationships;technologyhastodowithtools,techniques,andproceduresforimplementingthefindingsofscience.

    Anotherdistinctionbetweenscienceandtechnologyhastodowiththeprogressineach.Progressinscienceexcludesthehumanfactor.Scientists,whoseektocomprehendtheuniverseandknowthetruthwiththehighestdegreeofaccuracyandcertainty,cannotpayheedtotheirownorotherpeople'slikesordislikes,ortopopularideasaboutthefitnessofthings.Whatscientistsdiscovermayshockorangerpeople--asdidDarwin'stheoryofevolution.Butevenanunpleasanttruthismorethanlikelytobeuseful;besides,wehavetheoptionofrefusingtobelieveit!Buthardlysowithtechnology;wedonothavetheoptionofrefusingtohearthesonicboomproducedbyasupersonicaircraft-flyingoverhead;wedonothavetheoptionofrefusingtobreathepollutedair.Unlikescience,progressintechnologymustbeourslaveandnotthereverse.Thelegitimatepurposeoftechnologyistoservepeopie--peopleingeneral,notmerelysomepeople;andfuturegenerations,notmerelythosewhopresentlywishtogainadvantageforthemselves.

    Weareallfamiliarwiththeabusesoftechnology.Manypeopleblametechnologyitselfforwidespreadpollution,resourcedepletionandevensocialdecayingeneral--somuchsothatthepromiseoftechnologyisobscured.Thatpromiseisacleanerandhealthierworld.Ifwiseapplicationsofscienceandtechnologydonotleadtoab-->>

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