↩ Homepage of the site 'What to do with your life?' What is science for?The failure of modern science to solve all the big problemsOn peut constater que l'arrivée de la science moderne, et l'explosion technologique qui a suivi, n'ont pas fourni les solutions à la hauteur des espérances en ce qui concerne les grands problèmes individuels et collectifs. La science traite majoritairement de questions extrêmement spécialisées dont l'implication dans nos vies est très faible et semble produire presque autant de calamités (écologie, armes de destruction massives) que de solutions. Cause of failureRabelais's phrase "Science without conscience is only the ruin of the soul" in his Pantagruel illustrates the problem: what is envisaged is individual supervision (personal awareness) of science instead of collective supervision (social organization). Usefulness of modern science for problem solvingDealing with a problem involves carrying out the following process: Go deeperConcerning the inadequacy of scientific subjects with our fundamental problems: Concerning the social regulation of science and technology, see the Amish approach which consists of adopting only a subset of technological inventions.
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