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Extendedreading,Project,AssessmentFurtherstudy

Extendedreading

Readtheadaptedversionofascientist’spubliclectureaboutheimportanceofscience.

Thevalueofscience

Wheniwasyounger,Ithoughtsciencewouldmakegoodthingsforeverybody.Itwasobviously

useful;itwasgood.ButthenduringthewarIworkedontheatomicbomb.Thisresultofscience

wasobviouslyveryseriousitrepresentedthedestructionofpeopleofanditputourfutureat

risk.Ihadtoaskmyself,“Istheresomeevilinvolvedinscience?”

Putanotherway,whatisthevalueofthescienceIhadlongdevotedmyselftothethingIhad

lovedwhenIsawwhatterriblethingsitcoulddo?Ithoughtlongandhardaboutthisquestion,

andIwilltrytoanswerittoday.

Thefirstwayinwhichscienceisofvalueisfamiliartoeveryone:scientificknowledgeenablesus

todoandmakeallkindsofthings.Ofcourse,ifwemakegoodthings,itisnotonlytothecreditof

science;itisalsotothecreditofthemoralchoicewhichledustogoodwork.Scientific

knowledgeisanenablingpowertodoeithergoodorbadbutitdoesnotcarryinstructions

onhowtoapplyit.Suchpowerhasobviousvalue;however,thepowerisdecidedbywhatone

does.

Anothervalueofscienceistheintellectualenjoymentitcanprovideuswith.

Whenwelookatanyproblemdeeplyenough,wefeeltheexcitementandmysterycomingtous

againandagain.Withmoreknowledgecomesadeeper,morewonderfulmystery,inspiringone

tolookdeeperstill.Neverconcerned