My sister once asked me, "Brother, if you were asked to choose a superpower, which would you go for? Without hesitation, I answered, "Time control". Most times when I watch these superhero movies, I wish they were real and I could have mine too. If I were to possess super power, I would love to have the power to control time. I would love to go back to the past and see how the world was when science and technology had not advanced to this present level.
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Science has advanced to a level that it's almost getting out of control. Some of the recent outputs of scientific experiments are against most religions and individuals, and societal morals. That's why I would always say that science is a good and bad "guy" of this era.
To tell us the good parts of science and its negative sides, I would apply my mom's strategy, acknowledgment first before criticism.
Science has helped human life in many ways from health which is very important, to transportation, business, communication and others. I would love to talk more about medicine and science due to its essentiality for life. In ancient times, early men believed sickness was caused by the wrath of gods, evil spirits and the influence of stars and moon. But as time flew, and civilization raged through the ages, science took turns of most of these beliefs. From what I was taught on the history of medicine, this medical historian, Dubos stated that "ancient medicine was the mother of sciences", meaning that science took its roots at the point when the early men sought ways to relieve the young ones of their pains. Since then, science has always been focused on how to improve life and solve complex problems in an easier pattern. But since it seems like all the essential needs of man for survival have been solved(which is not), scientists have begun to carry out crazy experiments that will produce results not acceptable to many.
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To hit the nail on the head, Gender-Affirming Surgery is one of the outcomes of scientific experiments that against many morals. In my belief, this is not supported and not only in mine, other beliefs stand against this work of science. People that undergo this surgery are called transgenders. Gender-affirming surgery is by choice and I can't speak against another's choice, but the point I'm trying to make is that this is one of the aspects of science that goes against many individuals' morals. One surgically changing his gender is a step toward supporting same-sex marriage which also goes against many morals.
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I would also love to talk about the invention of nuclear weapons. This rightly answers the question in the prompt for the day. When I got to find out about the potentiality of nuclear weapons such as nuclear bombs, missiles and many more, I felt like I had to use my desired superpower to rewind time and stop the scientists who did the experiments for this invention. Every good moral can never support killings but science advancement has gone too far for the development of several deadly war weapons.
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If all the nuclear weapons present in different countries of the world are fired at the Earth's surface, I believe there would only be seven (7) planets left, earth would disappear just like Pluto. These nuclear weapons are also beneficial in some sense. Countries that have nuclear weapons are respected by others and these countries can collaborate to bring peace to other warring countries.
Using my country as an example, my country doesn't have nuclear weapons and because of that we wouldn't want to wage war with a country such as the US or China.
Science is a good and bad "guy". I would always believe that and I guess you too will concur with me after checking out my points made above.
Thanks for reading my post.
This is my participation for the #juneinleo daily prompts of the day, day #09.
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