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.