blog 7 - Mrs Ivy Chan - Zhou Shaowen - My Opinion about Science and Technology

Life Belongs to Nature
     Science has brought people great power of creating the world. Nowadays, it even provides people with the power of creating a new creature. In 2010, scientists created a new life which was nicknamed Synthia. This creature was different from trans-gene creatures because the whole DNA of it was artificial. And this research indicates that human beings have known the secret about how a basic life produces itself. However, in my opinion, the success of the research should not be celebrated. I think science is going to be horrible. What if terrorists use this technology to create a life that can cause plague all over the world? What if scientists create a monster by accident? I really fear that one day human beings may have the power to control nature. People can do unexpected things because the market is there. Though technology benefits people, it should not be so advanced that can bring people infinite power. Nature had existed long time before human beings. Its system has been experimented much longer than artificial system. Why do we need to change a lot? From my perspective, it would be better if science did not give us the power to create new lives. Life belongs to nature.