[color:"orange"] One thing here: the progresses in human moralty, mentality, thoughts, conciousness, etc. are far slower than the technical ones. [/color]
That is the darn truth - and as deplorable as this is, one of the reasons, as you indicate, is that these fields of research are not funded in the same volume. These are not the fields for easy or quantifiable 'gains'. There aren't even Nobel prizes to be won, no worldwide recognitition. Reputation stays within a limited and exclusive, purely scientific community. They definitely need some marketing on their image <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
[color:"orange"] What would happen of the organic nature ("life" as we know it), physical environment? Would man use science/technique to restore or modify? To repair, to prevent or to change? [/color]
- to restore? I have me doubts..., rather no - if so then on a limited scale
- to modify? We are doing constantly.
- to repair? Repair by replacement with something other ('profitable')? To some extent.
- to prevent? Now that's a tricky one. Would technology be used to prevent organic nature? No ( <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> I know, that was not meant to be the question; I just couldn't resist <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />). But seriously, technology is used to prevent or mitigate harmful consequences to nature. Not enough, can be argued, not to the extent technically possible also. But it's there, and growing. Unfortunately I have to agree - it must hurt, before a healing process is started. And to come back to individualism I mentioned earlier - it must hurt the individual, before pressure is applied to society to do something. Some obscure hole in the ozone layer will not entice the individual to desist from using hair spray or renounce on air conditioning on a hot summer day. Not before we have a hot winter day, at least <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />
