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Scientific Inventions and Happiness

One of the most popular questions which 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.

Scientific Inventions and Happiness

Science has made traveling easy and efficient. The world has become smaller for us. But those exciting adventures and romances which traveling gave in the past have all disappeared. Modern traveling 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 share with others. 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 words 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.