SCIENCE: A BLESSING OR CURSE

Science: A Blessing Or A Curse

“There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so......” --Shakespeare

We are living in the scientific age that has undoubtedly proved a great boon to the human race. Science has given our control over nature. It is everywhere. Modern scientific discoveries have turned our lives into comfort and happiness. The uncivilized human beings became the civilized due to the advancement in the scientific knowledge. The post values have also undergone a sea change. Life has become far less difficult. In reality, science has revolutionised our life and soul. It has given us insight into almost everything that helps in improving life and enhances the quality of life-span. It is difficult to say how much we owe to science for the affairs of our life.

Science has done wonderful job in the filed of agriculture. Better irrigation facilities, improved seeds, high-yielding varieties, chemical fertilizers and scientific methods and practices of cultivation have increased the agricultural production many fold. Now, we are familiar with the nutritive value of food that we take in. Similarly, in the field of industry, it has proved its worth. Our material needs are fulfilled from the goods produced in the industry using several machines. It has furnished different ways of amusement. It has successfully created the tremendous entertainment value.

Computer has done the creditable work to the perfection of our national well-being. Everything has been computerised today. Science has, indeed, facilitated the arduous tasks. We can do a greater volume of work in the shorter span and with less physical labour. The computing machines, the ATMs and all such scientific gadgets have saved us from the drudgery of labour-intensive work. The modern man is, thus, enabled to live a full splendored life.

Science has created miracles in the domain of medical science. The invention of drugs or medicines has cured many incurable diseases which were formerly not amenable to treatment. With the help of X-rays, CT scanning machines and ultrasound, we can have our complete details of any ailments. Now, we can live a longer and healthier life due to science. Bubonic plague has been controlled. The small pox has been completely eradicated. Now, our efforts are in direction to the completely eradication of the polio disease. We cannot imagine the wonders of science.

Electricity has brought a great revolution in human life. Our radios, cinemas, televisions and other machines work on electricity. Electric fans, coolers and air conditioning plants, heaters etc are blessings of science which make us the master of our environment. Books, magazines and newspapers which are being published on a large scale have succeeded to eradicate ignorance among the people. It has conquered both the time and the distance. We have placed our foot on the moon. Now a day, we have the better means of communication and transport. It will not be an exaggeration to say that science has provided eyes to the blind, legs to the lame and hearing to the deaf.

Side by side, we should not forget that if science is misused, it will prove fury to humanity. It has given us many things but we are misusing the scientific knowledge in various ways. Science has stimulated the process of industrialization that has resulted into the rise in competition, unemployment, pollution and capitalism. Atom and Hydrogen bombs are the weapons of the mass destruction. In itself, science is neither a curse nor a blessing. it is a great blessing provided that it should used in the welfare of mankind. Actually, Science is not to blame for colossal annihilation. It is the user who is to blame.