Can anyone explain in a short and simple phrase why science as a whole benifits society??? I need a quick answer when people ask me. :)
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Science is what allowed you to ask us that question.  Its uses are everywhere.  Without it, we'd all still be cavemen hunting rabbits with clubs.
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If science didn't work, you wouldn't have your computer or this website to ask your questions.\n\nFew people understand a lot about every area of science.  There are too many fields and the work performed in each too specialized for anyone to be proficient in all.\n\nI know relatively little about physics, but have a PhD in pharmaceutics.  Many amazing geologists know little about biology.\n\nUntil you study it, you will not understand it.  but once you start understanding a little, ther rest makes more sense.\n\n------------\nFollow-up:  Why does everything have to be a God v Science throwdown?  Religious people aren't idiots and scientists aren't heathens.\n------------
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I think we all have a purpose in life. Life is an opportunity to improve the human race. We all have a chance to revolutionize the world. We can live life while making others have a hard time living theirs or we can help others enjoy life as well.  I think everyone lives for other people they care about. Anyone who lives for only themselves is just sick. Who said life is just one great vacation. Problems come with the package. Humans need to talk about their issues. If we don't , all of us would be angry people. How can we enjoy life like that?
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You've brought up something I've been meaning to bring up for weeks.\n\nThere is a frequent attitude in the anti-homeschooling 'circle' that hints at everybody should be like everybody else. They should dress alike, they should listen to the same music, they should have exactly the same education, they should all have the same experiences, they should have the same number of friends, everybody should have the same level of sociability... This is actually promoted in the school system with the whole grading system and trying to have everybody in the same grade level achieve the same minimal standard. It is really a perfectionist view of how people 'should be'.\n\nIt's also a complete negation of who we are as human beings, individuals through and through. While there are certain common tendencies, there is a lot of variation. Obviously, or we'd all be content with just one particular model of government-run schools for the education of our children. :)\n\nI would recommend to people who are so focused about how different homeschoolers (supposedly) are that you read "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. That's where a focus on having everybody be the same can lead. \n\nSo, yes, lab chemists are necessary. They may or may not be antisocial. If people are going to accept that we are all individuals and that there is no one right model for a human being in terms of sociability, education, skills, etc., then they need to accept the antisocial lab chemist as much as they need to accept whoever falls on the other end of the spectrum (the highly social politician?) and everyone else in between. Really, they need to accept that they aren't perfect, that nobody's perfect and that there is no one right way for everybody to be.\n\nIf all homeschoolers turn out to be antisocial and have to take on lab work, then so be it. I'm sure the world could use more lab workers. ;)
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This is a nice question...i have though about it many times. The reason todays society because people are more hung on science than religion. Religion seems to be a sentiment as it has no scientific proof and science has not developed that far that it can say there exits something beyond this world  and yes we are eternal(spirit souls) and we just dont die once we die. So no one cares for ethics.\n                             We need to bring transformation , atfirst withen ourselves then our family members and then the society this is the only way to bring change.
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Science will help you get employment in many fields.  It has so many uses that are crucial to our lives today.  There is medecine, Astronomy, Physics for engineering and a host of other things.  I wish I could have done more in that field when I was in school.
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There are benefits and drawbacks to everything, including science. Here are a few drawbacks:\n\n1. Science has lead to the creation of far more powerful and dangerous weapons than ever existed before, so one person can kill millions, potentially. \n\n2. Science has given us the means to pollute the earth and destroy other species at a rate that is unparalleled.\n\n3. Science has lead to technologies that can be used to repress populations, and infringe on people's privacy\n\n4. Science has produced technologies that inadvertantly created a horrendous population explosion\n\n5. Science is viewed as a threat by some who think it draws people away from religion. \n\nThere are probably a lot more of these that I could come up with.
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Remember in Social Studies like 80 million years ago, when we learned about the barter system?\nI've often thought that society would be so much better if we acted like people did in the old days.\nBack when everybody was a farmer or had something to do with farming.....well, it WAS the life, after all.  People had to WORK, and therefore, children learned values and morals.  You couldn't have a roof over your head if you didn't build one, you couldn't have food on the table if you didn't grow it or kill it.\nPeople didn't get fat and lazy, because....well, if you're lazy, you die (based on the aforementioned actions of survival).  People didn't rip people off, because everybody had something somebody else might need, so why not work for each other and trade with each other....\nI prefer a simple life, myself.  I don't need much more space than you'd find in a single-car garage.  Plumbing is nice, but anybody who's ever been camping knows how to squat.  Food is far less expensive if you buy the ingredients in bulk and make it yourself, not to mention the nutritional value of ingesting foods not "processed"....  \nYou see where I'm going with this?
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I like anything to do with science.  I am a visual person so I like to look at things in order to learn them, I dont like lectures and such.  If you do like to listen to lectures I would take a communications class.
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You fantastic fox.  \n\nReally.  Can I buy you an ice-cream?  (he says, wondering how THAT's gonna work).\n\nHonestly.  I'm impressed.  You mentioned nothing of science and maths.  I thought you were purely ethereal.  I don't need to give you my lecture on the importance of science now.  \n\nI'm flabbergasted.  Go and ride an elephant or something.  You deserve it.
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i dunno i've ran into some people on here like that but that's true how could you explain anything. science, no science is something people use i think to jump away from the fact that god does exsist whether they like it or not. i've tried to make people beleive in god but some don't. so all you can do is beleive pray for those people. HE IS OUR SAVIOR SO WORSHIP HIM! GOD BLESS.
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For credible people, in the past I had let go several grams of sodium for just few bucks or even for free esp. for those curious collectors or grad students needed small quantity of the metal for many purposes (from as simple as drying their ether to reduce some novel organic compunds).\n\nIf others remind u of how dangerous something is, that means people are still care about the well-being of others (including u)... without that the world would just collapse in a matter of nights if not sooner.\n\nPeace!!
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There is a large amount of material about this on the internet. What exactly you are looking for, I do not know. I do not intend to write your term paper for you. Take a look at the web sites below to start. \n\nI will note that inventions are usually about technology, which is not the same as science. Technology can be used to produce better measurements. And applied science can produce technology. But they are not the same.
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The only reason to will questions and solutions to the next generation is out of emotional good will or altruism. But I believe altruism is an evolved trait that helps a species as a whole.  In other words, tribes of greedy organisms who don't help each other probably died out. If you don't come by it naturally, there is no reason to impose it superficially upon yourself. So don't worry, just spend all your money and resources. Especially if you don't have any kids. Why would you care?
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you might wanna put; there were activities, such as  the experiments that we conducted in our chemistry class and the dissection of frog in our zoology class, that gave me a brief introduction to the course i'm pursuing; also, is that science technology and society and health economics one class? because if it isn't you'd want to separate them by commas.  also, "from my experience in the civic welfare training service program i learned that it is very heartwarming to listen and assist in the problems of other people.\nhope that helped.....
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We should always struggle at the frontiers of science.  Our knowledge expands as we make mistakes.  Complacency and fear of trying new things leads to things like the Dark Ages.  Saving an individual life is up to the wishes of the individual.  Finding ways to save lives is for the benefit of all.
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You knowledge of English appears to be even worse than your knowledge of science, which is depressing.\n\nLook, 'fitness' in evolutionary theory refers to fitness to reproduce. Those who are fit are those who can produce offspring, NOT those who evolve.\n\nSo of course all multicellular organisms eventually die. That is the whole point. Their offspring then inherit their niche. And because fitness is defined by the number of offspring produced the fittest organisms inherit the larger share.\n\nI hope this clears up a small part of your ignorance.