Scientific advancement is a curse to mankind Against the motion
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‘Scientific Advancement’ has nothing whatsoever to do with the various abuses brought about by engineering decisions, which were the result of corporate business directives.
Scientists answer those “how” and “why” questions we have about natural phenomenon. Period. They don’t make things, either for good or ill, unless you count the research papers they write.
Engineers have training in many of the same disciplines, but they also understand orderly and cost-effective design, assembly, testing and scaling — something that is essential to mass-production methods.
They too are largely blameless; as they solve technical problems in translating science into actual “things” that embody scientific knowledge. They don’t do this for their own, twisted amusement — their role, more than any other, hinges on massive investments.
I don’t know about you, but this engineer has never seen that kind of money, save on invoices or purchase requests.
If you’re looking for villains, look for those who set the objectives for engineering teams, pony up the money to make their dreams reality, and then pay even more money to propagate that reality across the face of the world.
Even more than that, they are the ones who choose to promote unwise technologies in favor of others which are (in hindsight) more benign.
However, before you set out on your own personal fatwah to take out CEO’s indiscriminately, you should know that they often are working to improve things as they see them. Many times the ramifications of a particular technology don’t become apparent for years after its introduction — sometimes even decades.
Consider the internal-combustion engine.
When Henry Ford was still in diapers, automobiles were already in existence — but hardly numerous. They were expensive, finicky, hand-made toys for the rich. As it stood, they were no threat to the environment.
Consider too that the bulk of the world’s ground transport was done by horse-drawn carts. As such the streets were ankle-deep in manure, the air stank of ammonia, and horses suffered terribly from overwork, abuse, and hoof diseases.
Anybody who saw the cityscapes of the day would have seen the advent of cheap, reliable automobiles as a saving grace. Air pollution was already an issue; one could hardly anticipate it getting any worse, and congestion was already a major concern.
Who knew that a century later the world’s ecosystems would begin to unravel and global warming would become ““a thing.” Certainly not Ford Motors.
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