Is_Science_a_Blessing_or_a_Curse

IS SCIENCE A BLESSING OR CURSE The modern age is the age of science, the influence of science can be seen in every walk of life. Science has provided us with many wonders. If our ancestors happen to visit the modern world they will not be able to recognise it. The world today has completely changed. The contribution of science is seen in our daily life. It has increased the hapiness and comforts of human beings greatly. It has made our domestic life very easy. Now the housewife does not have to work very hard. With the help of the lattest cooking devices meals can be cooked quickly. Food can also be preserved for a long time in the refrigerator. The clothes can be washed in the washing machines. Thus, a housewife can enjoy more leisure and can save alot of her time. Science has also given us fans and air-conditioners. Science has also made travel very comfort. There are so many models of travel available to us. We can travel by trains, motor cars, buses, or steamer. Airplanes have brought the different countries quite close to each others. Within afew hours we can travel thousands of miles and reach different corners of the world. Science has also revolutionised the methods of comunications. We can talk with our friends and relatives thousands of miles away from us with the help of modern scientific devices like telephone and wire less telegraphy. Through radio broadcasts messeges can be conveyed to all parts of the world. On the television we can not only hear the voices but can also see what is being telecast. Science has also helped mankind to fight against dangerous diseases. It has lessened the sufferings and miseries of man. Many diseases which were incurable in the past can be cured now. It has also worked wonders in the field of surgery. even transplantation of hearts and kidneys has become possible. But this is only on side of the picture. If in certain respects it has proved a blessing, it has also acted as a curse in certain fields. It has produced highly destructive weapons like atom bomb and hydrogen bomb etc which can destroy the world in no time. Science has produced many deadlier weapons and made wars very horribble. If a Third World war takes place in the future, it might destroy all life on the earth as it will be a nuclear war. Man was never so insecure as he is today. In reality there is nothing wrong with science. It is up to the man to decide whether he wants to use it for peaceful purposes or for destructive purposes science is such a knowledge which can be turned both into a blessing and curse. But man should always use science for the promotion of peace and happiness of mankind.