TERRIBLE THINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS
Science is part and parcel of the world we live in. for this reason, most scientists have seen the need for them to experiment with it in order to lead the cause for human development. However, while the majority of the time, these experiments have led to a major innovation which has led to great things for the world, there are also times when this has also led to a very terrible situation for the entire mankind. Here are some examples;
• ATOMIC BOMBS: when Albert Einstein founded the theory which eventually led to the discovery of the atomic bomb, he would never have thought that his invention would lead to the death of Hiroshima in Japan. He probably thought that his invention would open up a way for more development for the human race. However, this backfired spectacularly and now, atomic bombs have led to the death of many persons.
• GUNS: right from time, there has always been a need for some sort of weapons which can be used to hunt. That is why man even created arrows, to begin with. However, with the invention of guns, mankind took a turn for the worse. Persons who are not qualified to hold a weapon suddenly got the chance to do this. This has led to shootings in school and terrorist attacks in the past decade or two.
As can be seen from above, despite the fact that science has contributed positively, they have also caused the death of so many,
There is a saying that the more powerful a tool is, the more dangerous it can be if misused. Take for instance the gas cooker, which makes food in a short time compare to firewood. It can also burn down a building with just a little mistake. Take also the car or airplane, you can see the same thing over and over.
I would recommend you do a little more research and think a little deeper...
The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was tragic, but did not happen in a vacuum. Japan had engaged in a series of conquests beginning in the mid to late 1930’s and culminated in the attack on Pearl Harbor, The Philippines, And elsewhere in the Pacific in late 1941, which caused million of deaths and massive suffering. The United States fully engaged and defeated the Japan of that time militarily and was poised to launch a full invasion of the Japanese islands in 1945, to force a surrender, which would have stretched the conflict well into 1946 and probably would have resulted in massive casualties and millions of additional deaths had Truman not made the decision to use atomic weapons.
The sum total of deaths resulting from Hiroshima and Nagasaki might have been 200,000, which is terrible, but no nuclear weapons have been used outside of testing in remote areas since then.
In fact, the prospective use of nuclear weapons and their known destructive capability produced a deterrent effect against the mass kind of warfare like that experienced during the 1940s, which has allowed many countries to flourish and contributed to a population explosion and massive economic growth in many countries since then, such as China, India and elsewhere...
The sum total of deaths by nuclear weapons, at this point, is a fraction of those caused by conventional ... Thus far, the invention of nuclear weapons has, ironically, made a massive contribution to the development of humankind.
Of course, there have been many conflicts since the Pacific War ended, such as Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia and elsewhere, but these involved conventional weapons and as destructive as these wars were, they paled in comparison to the one experienced during the 1940s with Japan.
Certainly, we should fear the prospect of a nuclear exchange. Should one happen, it could unleash a tragedy that would probably send the human race leaping backwards by centuries. Let us hope that rational and responsible people continue their development of and stewardship over these important but very dangerous weapons.
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