Science and modern inventions- a blessing or a curse
No one can deny that science and modern inventions have indeed been a blessing for mankind. We should be grateful to scientists and inventors like Thomas Edison, James Watt and hundreds of other pioneers who carried out innumerable experiments with zeal and perseverance for the inventions of various gadgets and appliances that have helped mankind. If science is a curse it is only because men with a criminal bent of mind misuse it for their own selfish ends.
Take a look at the domestic scene. Can we think about living without electric lights and fans? Is it possible to continue cooking on coal, when one has got used to a gas stove? Can we do without a fridge or a mixer-grinder? Entertainment is no more the same now that we
Governments of many countries have awakened to the need to control rise in population. But in other countries like India plans to implement popular birth control methods and control population are ineffective. The result is we find fault with medical science, which has considerably reduced infant mortality and extended human life. Actually the fault lies with the governments, which do nothing either to control population or to increase food production to feed the growing population.
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Medical science has eradicated so many dreadful diseases. It is still making tremendous strides in the curing of diseases. There was a time when diseases such as malaria, influenza and tuberculosis were considered incurable. So many forms of c