Title: How is science able to benefit society? - Quora
Headings: How is science able to benefit society?
How is science able to benefit society?
John Bruss
Francis Chen
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Content: It tempts some humans to possess/control the tool and use the tool for their personal advantage (like fire can be used to threaten others and in warfare, as well as cook food and heat homes). Those who have the most control over the new tool can let their egos/willfulness grow and start to believe they are “god like”. Using the temptation (as mentioned above), they might try to strip other “allegiances” they see the public has so that they can have “sole control” over the public, society, government, legislation, government funding, etc….total control. We saw that happened many times with religions (we see it via some terrorists today). The desire for total control (using any tool at hand) is a powerful “drug” for many amoral alpha types. Don’t ever forget that….that is foundationally true. However, we still need alpha types. But society needs to see the mega-alpha type and look down the road at the amoral strategies those alpha types might have to gain greater control. Again, this is a millenia old dilemma so it’s a well established pattern society needs to always watch out for. So today, for many, science has become an addiction for them as much as it has historically been for some literal religious zealots.