one of the most popular questions which are often
asked is: “Are scientific inventions making us happier?”
Science to-day has given us such comforts as were unimaginable
a few years ago. To-day we switch on the radio and listen to the music. We have
elect city, telephone television, washing machines, refrigerators,
air-conditioning plants and what not. All of these things have made the life of
a man very comfortable. The flush lavatories, shower-baths, electric fans, cinemas,
cars, trams and “planes” are among other scientific inventions and discoveries
which have increased happiness of a man.
Science has made travelling easy and efficient. The
world has become smaller for us. But those exciting adventures and romances
which travelling gave in the past have all disappeared. Modern travelling is a
dull business.
The men who live in big cities are benefited in
some respects while harmed in many other ways. The city people do not have any
leisure. Their life is so busy and mechanical that they do not have any time
“to and stare’. Their lives have become artificial, devoid of charm and
delight.
As modern age is an age of science, so men have
become scientific minded. But as science is advancing,. It is thwarting out
civilization. In the kingdom of science, the worlds like love. Affection and
sentiments are quite foreign. So, what is the use of science to man if he gains
the whole world but loses his soul? Spiritualism is on the wane while
materialism is on the increase. Philosophy, culture and poetry are fading from
the earthly life because of the rapid advancement of science.
Again, on the destructive side, science had
invented weapons which are most dreadful and disastrous. The inventions laser
beams, cobalt bomb and megaton bomb have increased chances of human
destruction. Thus, if these weapons are used, they would spell disaster for the
entire mankind.
Thus, the opinion remains divided on the subject.
No one claims that science is complete happiness or a complete curse. While a
scientist makes inventions, a politician misuses them. Mainly, it is the wrong
application of scientific invention by the politician that sounds the alarm. In
this respect science has DE-humanized us. Now- a-days, we have better drugs and
surgical instruments, but men are becoming weak constitutionally, what an irony
of fate it is! Today, we have a sensitive ‘heart’, a sensitive ‘lung’ and a
sensitive ‘liver’ due to fast speed, smoky atmosphere and dusty’ roads. Thus,
science, while it makes mankind happy by its latest achievements, also makes it
unhappy when it shows its destructive power. But, broadly speaking science can
be used for getting happiness but the mind of the man and particularly of the
politician misuses the discoveries of science.