Is science our saviour or our destroyer?

I have no doubt that science can be useful and helpful. I love science. It was one of my favourite subjects in school. However, the application or misapplication of science is what is causing much destruction. I found this: "The World Health Organization estimates that 4.6 million people die each year from causes directly attributable to air pollution. Many of these mortalities are attributable to indoor air pollution."

@db20747 Yes, there is "good science, bad science, and weird science."

@1hopefulman yes, there's good science, bad science, and weird science!

Yes, I think electric cars are way better but the world has been real slow to make them affordable and so that they would replace gasoline burning cars. Did you see the video of China? It is horrible. I would never want to live there.

@1hopefulman yes - there are serious pollution problems in much of Asia. And speaking of pollution - Japan is still leaking nuclear waste... if we don't look we don't have to see it nor clean it... :(

@SunnyShores Air pollution and water pollution will eventually affect all of us. It is a world problem and we can all do our little part to lessen the problem.

You have hit the nail right on the head. Yes, application of science is not science itself. There is nothing wrong with science. I think we already have the solutions to most of our problems. It is the good will to apply them that is the problem. Pollution is a global problem. It needs a global solution. But mankind lacks direction and cooperation and unity of purpose. "The World Health Organization estimates that 4.6 million people die each year from causes directly attributable to air pollution. Many of these mortalities are attributable to indoor air pollution."

@Bluedoll In think we need to become one world. We cannot remain fragmented and survive. We all have to look out for one another and make sure no one is hungry, no one is poor, no one hurts another person. We have to put every one to work, ect, ect, ect. The earth has enough for everyone, if we cooperate!

@1hopefulman I like your posts and can't help think in the back of your mind you think of solutions that contain some kind of world organization. The question is what will happen? As you said there is a need for direction and cooperation that's all and then perhaps science can work to the good of everyone.

I think, we already have the science but we lack the wisdom and the love necessary to apply science correctly. “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” (Isaac Asimov) “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” (Albert Einstein)

@1hopefulman Specially if too much politics is in the way. I agree, we just lack the wisdom, and when we do, it's probably a bit too late.

We are not wisely using the automobile and that is very sad. If we would all be safety conscious a small car is all we would need. These days, in the big cities, driving an automobile is no longer the pleasure it was when I was young. It is two years that I no longer own an automobile and am learning to get things done by using public transportation and walking and cycling when the weather permits.

@LadyDuck You are using the car responsibly and if all car owners did that it would make a positive impact on our quality of life. I am not against cars. There is a need for cars. But many people should not be allowed to own one judging by the way they drive.

@1hopefulman We have a small car, we are in the middle of nowhere, so we use the car mainly to go out shopping for our grocery. There is no reason to have a big car, the roads are narrow here.

I think that the oil industry has kept progress towards less-polluting engines from moving forward as quickly as it could have. There are always some interest groups that slow-down progress that would benefit everybody. Pollution is everybody's business as we all need to breathe.

@1hopefulman Yes we do.

@1hopefulman the solar car would cost billions of dollars in lost revenue.

You are very wise! Unfortunately, the day that Adam and Eve abandoned divine knowledge for satanic knowledge, is the day we lost the ability to use science, or anything else that Jehovah has hidden in the universe for us to discover, wisely. As it stands, until Jehovah God takes a direct hand in matters, we will not find the solutions we desperately need and even if we find them, our lack of unity, greed, pride, selfishness and foolishness would destroy all life on planet earth. At the bottom of the glass, God waits to see our individual heart condition in response to the universal drama that is taking place and in which we are all participants. 1 Corinthians 1:19, 20 (New World Translation) 19 For it is written: “I will make the wisdom of the wise men perish, and the intelligence of the intellectuals I will reject.” 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this system of things? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

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Who has gone on a horse drawn buggy ride and had the thing fart?

As someone pointed out, the problem is no science. The problem is mankind. Some of us are out of control and creating messes, misusing science and everything else to the harm of many. However, if we continue to misuse science, as we are doing, what will the future look like?

Yes, science, like a knife, is only good if we use it wisely. If we misuse it, we hurt others as well as ourselves.

@db20747 True! We need to plant many trees. My daughter volunteers each year to plant trees.

@1hopefulman Yes, for example chain saws can cut down trees in a matter of minutes, makes work easier, but now we cut down too many trees. That is a good point. It's now misused.