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Robots Taking Over the Future?

In this fast-paced society we live in, technology seems to be the number one fastest progression. Innovators are now working on robots that can almost exactly mimic the human body. This simply scares me. What does it mean? Do they plan on having these robots take over the labor field? Who will control these robots, a master robot? These questions I cannot answer, but if the answer to any of them is "yes", I fear humanity is in danger. If they have robots working on experiments about yeast metabolism (like Adam in the article "Robot Scientists 'can think for themselves'"), and he can finish the experiment, think about it and begin a new experiment then what is stopping them from making an entire lab full of "robo-scientists"? Thats just scary. I do not want our future to turn into a dismal, robot-infested world. The human race will be inferior to the robots, and robots with empathy will figure out ways to destroy us, because we may be seen as a threat. This is all pretty far fetched, but where else can our future lead to with robots that are exactly like humans, except smarter? I know something of this sort will occur, and let me tell you....I hope its not in my lifetime.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/robot-scientists-can-think-for-themselves-1661572.html

Science and the Future

The future of science is certainly bright, but with more pessimism. Science gives to humanity a wonderful opportunity to evolve from doubt to hope, from uncertainty to assurance, but humans’ interpretation go beyond limit and recreate another world with new rules and principles.

Natural selection by Darwin was a tipping point to science, and brought salvation to the field of biology and medicine. The wonders of science, the attempt of an innovation have protected more lives and prolonged life expectancy on earth population. The cure for HIV and AIDS is imminent with the progress of science. There has been some progress made on cancer research treatment as well. The irony is that when science tends to solve one problem, there is another one that appears. The world is safer in various fields because of scientific breakthrough.

However, people rely much on science without a second alternative. With scientific progression comes a loss of our natural environment, species are losing their habitat, and the exploitation of oil has destroyed our landscape. The big question is if humans are able to rebuild the ecosystem destroyed for number of years? It is in our duty to recover what has been lost by scientific innovation. There is a need to reclaim our landscape and biodiversity for our future generation.

Science provides answers to human questions but scientists shape it in a human mind. When we let man’s selection lead the way instead of natural selection, then science will be more of the problem than a solution. The art of the earth was designed by life, water, grass, wetland, and anything that bears life. We are the custodians of our own lives, and we are responsible to live in a better planet, a green future.

The future of science

¨ I wonder how this man standing beside me will appreciate the wonders of science, if he is still excluded in the process. Social Darwinism still has a role in science. Nevertheless, Science is neutral, but scientists are biased The world is one entity, however findings from other parts of the world should be also considered, that will narrow the gap between Africa and the West including American continents.

¨ Scientific innovations will solve all the world myths in various domains, however “natural selection” shouldn’t be replaced by “man’s selection.” I fear that we will have two sciences in the world, one from developed nations, and the other one from poor nations.

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Why scientific studies are so often wrong: The street light effect.

In Renaissance period, religion threatened science evolution, this is a reverse era which we are currently living in, where science threatens religion. Science is in a high speed, innovations and breaks through are happening in various domains making news papers headlines.
When science makes a break through, the entire humanity feels kind of relief, but we are not told about their down sides.
people are excited every time when science takes us to the next level. When scientists make these breaks through, don't they know what will happen in few years or they just chose to hide the other side of the story? In the academy of science, the code of ethic states that scientists should tell the truth, but we are all surprise with what science can do at the end of the day. They rely on present results, and assuring patients that every thing is OK, but this is not what happened in the in the field of medicine, in cardiology department.
Scientists came up with an anti-attack drugs in early 1980. There is nothing which could prove that the drugs could turn killing people. Scientists later realize after one year alone 56,000 were killed. We can learn much through this.

http://discovermagazine.com
Freedman, David H. " Why scientists studies are so often wrong: the streetlight effect" discovermagazine.July-august 2010.

Search For The Begining

After 16 years of preparation, NASA is ready to launch the 8 ton bundle of electronics which make up their Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. There are high hopes that this device will be able to gain valuable information on the origin of our universe. The $1.5 billion project has been the center of attention for many scientists as they prepare it for a February launch.
There have been mixed opinions from the very beginning of this project. Some believe it is a catastrophic waste of money while others see it as a key to the future. The proof will be seen in the pudding, luckily for us only a few months away. The primary objective of building this Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is to detect dark matter which is believed to exist through out space. If the device dose its job correctly, we will prove the existence of dark matter in some sort of measurable form. Others hope that it will turn up something entirely new. In the words o Samuel Chao Chung Ting, "Real discovery is outside the ring o existing knowledge."
The laws of physics stipulate that following the Big Bang, an equal amount of dark matter and common matter were released. Further more, these two types of matter, on contact will explode releasing a tremendous amount of energy. This is one of science's great mysteries

"The discovery of a single atomic nucleus heavier than anti-helium could mean there was an anti-star or maybe a whole anti-galaxy somewhere."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/science/space/17dark.html?_r=1&ref=science

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJN2X3NrQAE

Facebook: Updates and Upgrades

The world wide web. A blessing and a curse. Youtube, Twitter, Search engines, Dating sites, E-mail services, a list that has been expanding since 1982. One of most prominent social networking sites has over 500 million users and is growing by the second.
Facebook gives us a place and sense of belonging online, while keeping us socially informed. One can create multiple accounts on Facebook and be a completely different individual on each account. Users can meet all different kinds of people, keep in touch with friends and family, upload pictures, share links, and much more.
This site has progressed from strictly college students to children, the elderly, and every age in between. It is simple to find out what’s new and happening not only with our friends, but with complete strangers. We can say whatever we want whenever we want and be whoever we want, and only crave more of it.
People addicted to Facebook tend to check their page two to three times per hour, or anytime they have access to a computer, to get the new “update.” This is a waste valuable minutes that quickly turn several hours throughout the day. According to A Vision of Students Today, “Students spend roughly three and a half hours online everyday. A student who only writes forty pages in a semester may be writing about five hundred pages in e-mail.” Sometimes we don’t realize how much time is passing while chatting online until it is too late.
Just when we think our problem can’t get any worse, it does. This week Facebook is expected to release a upgraded set of communications services that will include a type of “E-mail messaging system.” It took about fifteen engineers and fifteen months, making it the biggest engineering project Facebook as ever taken on. Their goal is to go from a social network to one of the greatest communication systems ever created.
Mark Zuckerburg, chief executive of Facebook, states “This new messaging system allows people communicate with one another on the Web and on mobile phones regardless of whether they are using e-mail, text messages, or online chat services. These facebook messages will now have something that can be thought of as “social in a box” which means that it will narrow people down from friends to acquaintances in hopes of saving the user search time.” Right now it will not require getting a facebook.com address, but if you don’t you will not be able to receive outside messages. The service is only available by invitation, however soon it will open up for all users to try out.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, on Monday in San Francisco. He announced details of a new messaging service.

There is no doubt the new addition will be popular. Right now 350 million users use the messaging services and exchange an unbelievable four billion messages each day. The concerns other webpages have is that once people try it, they will delete their e-mails and never turn back.

Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst with the Altimeter Group, says “All of the e-mail vendors should be worried – Google, Yahoo, MSN. The new communications services are an opportunity for Facebook to spend more time with consumers. The more they own of our digital day, the more money they will make.”
I think all of us can agree that Americans spend more time on Facebook than any other website, and this new system will take even more time from their days. Has Facebook taken it too far by stomping on other sites for their own egotistical reasons? I can only imagine what the powerhouse will come up with next.

A VISION OF STUDENTS TODAY




New York Times Article on the topic:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/technology/16facebook.html?_r=1&ref=technology