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 [261]   Is scientific progress always beneficial?
Needless to say, scientific progress has brought us a wide variety of benefits, ranging from medicine to technology. However, it doesn't mean it's always beneficial to us.
 
Let's take nuclear power for example. It may be true that it's one of the best alternatives to fossil fuels which are thought to be running out in the near future, but it might cause a disaster near the power plant if there's an accident. It has already proven how disastrous it could be, when there was a huge earthquake that struck Japan just a few years ago. The whole city had to be evacuated, because radioactivity leaked from the plant contaminated the whole area. The economic damage was huge. Many people lost their houses and jobs. Agricultural produce was dumped because of contamination.
 
Also, there's been long, heated debate about genetic engineering. Although GM foods have the potential to help eradicate hunger in poor countries, there also might be a risk to harm our health. Since this is a new technology, nobody knows for sure about a long-term effect that might have on the health. Until they make sure it's safe, we don't know GM foods are beneficial to us in the long run.
 
As I said earlier, scientific progress has provided us a lot of benefits, but we still need to be aware that there might be a risk or potential disadvantages to scientific advancement.
 
 
1. space program ( waste of money → fight against hunger / diseases / terrorism )
 
2. genetic engineering ( ethical concerns → human cloning / GM food )
 
3. nuclear power ( accidents / weapons )
 
4. internet ( computer fraud / addiction / waste of time )
 
5. TV ( less creative and more passive )
update:
2018/06/22



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