Thread: Science costing or saving life?

Science has advanced radically in the last 200 years and continues to do so, in the spectrum of science ,taking into account all of its compartments and influences, for the greater benefit of man, has the work that has been achieved in science saved lives or cost lives?

Well just look at the population growth at the moment! Also, the average age of death has gone up quite a lot in this period, even in first world countries.

Both, on one side youve got the advances in medicine and surgical techniques, in the other the advances in better ways of killing man in battle

Right! We also have to take into account, polution, man made disease. How can we attribute population growth to science are you saying human beings live longer.

Originally Posted by jonourd

Right! We also have to take into account, polution, man made disease. How can we attribute population growth to science are you saying human beings live longer.

Of course. Live longer, die less easily, make more healthy babies. Our net numbers are increasing, so we're adding more people than we're losing.

Originally Posted by paralith

Originally Posted by jonourd

Right! We also have to take into account, polution, man made disease. How can we attribute population growth to science are you saying human beings live longer.

so we're adding more people than we're losing.

yeah, too many

Well if that's the case, too many, so science has created a problem with sustainability, the more us the more we need the less we have......... implosion etc.

Originally Posted by jonourd

Well if that's the case, too many, so science has created a problem with sustainability, the more us the more we need the less we have......... implosion etc.

well improved health and stability of countries does have a massive part to play in population growths, but that is not the only reason, look to certain african countries with population explosions and average life expectancy in the 40's

Whats the alternative, stop scientific discoverys and allow disease to find its own population level?

Originally Posted by captaincaveman

Originally Posted by jonourd

Well if that's the case, too many, so science has created a problem with sustainability, the more us the more we need the less we have......... implosion etc.

well improved health and stability of countries does have a massive part to play in population growths, but that is not the only reason, look to certain african countries with population explosions and average life expectancy in the 40's

Whats the alternative, stop scientific discoverys and allow disease to find its own population level?

Well here is a good point, Africa is absolutley riddled with HIV/AIDS, potentially a man made disease can't be sure but its origins have reputedly been led back to the lab. For all our science droughts a re prevalent world wide mainly due to pollution. In no way am I saying remove science from our lives but the application of it seems to be as responsible for the loss of life as it is for the preservation of it.

The reason overpopulation is a problem is not science, its bureaucracy.

Originally Posted by jonourd

Science has advanced radically in the last 200 years and continues to do so, in the spectrum of science ,taking into account all of its compartments and influences, for the greater benefit of man, has the work that has been achieved in science saved lives or cost lives?

I can only tell you that every morning I wake up I kiss the ground in thanks to all that science has done for me. My very life has been handed to me time and again by the dedicated individuals that have worked so hard before me.

What seriously???

Originally Posted by Robbie

What seriously???

Well, no. - - - - But I should!

Yes and No