Critical Thinking Blog Post #7

Critical Thinking About Scientific Progress

I feel as though the responsibilities of scientists are that when creating and developing a new experiment, they should not only look forward to what good things might come out of their experiments but be ready and be prepared for if there might come out to be consequences and malfunctions from their new developments. I believe that scientist should go forward with their experiments though there might be consequences because what new development doesn’t come along with progress that we all know about; that’s why it’s a new development. We don’t know if it’s going to work or not, the only way to find out is if we go through with the experimentation. There are many wonderful creations and theories that helped us see things now in the 21st century in a new perspective than what we might of missed out if these theories and conceptions were not created. For example, Albert Einstein’s most famous equation, E=MC2; this equation has scientist see science and scientific theories in a new and fresh perspective but however, the consequences about this equation is that it was the foundation for the atomic weapon. Einstein’s wonderful theory was used against mankind to destroy life instead of helping it in the most part. Also in the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, it was shown that Frankenstein created this living being for a scientific purpose, a scientific breakthrough, but in turn, the creature that Frankenstein created ended up becoming a monster and a murderer; killing his friends, his wife and ultimately himself.