Hello Class! Today, I would like to address two questions today. Let us start with the first question. Can art and science truly be combined to create a better science and art?
Well, I would have to reply yes and no. First of all, through this camp, each and everyone of us has been exposed to both the arts and sciences. We have experienced museums and paintings, but were also able to experience laboratories and lectures. This is where I draw my own conclusion. Each body of knowledge can utilize the other to create a new and unique way to express their emotions and their message. Scientists can utilize arts to provide a visual representation of their data and make it appealing to the public. Yet I have no way of finding a new body of knowledge that can utilize both science and art, but is not strictly one or the other. Since history, art and sciences are two different classes of knowledge because they are different. If they are identical or similar, they would be classified as the same. Since they are two different bodies of knowledge, art and science cannot be smashed together and called something new. Basically, I have come to the conclusion that truly Sci Art cannot exist. Instead, the sciences can utilize the arts and the arts can utilize the sciences.
Now for my next question. Today, we discussed the neccesity of a limitation on science. Personally, I believe a limitation on science is a limitation on our ability to reach success and a better standard of living. People have complained that future technology can be a bad thing, but thinking like that is ridiculous. Anything in excess can be dangerous. This world is no perfect place and there will always be psychotic fools who utilize technology in a bad way. I mean, COME ON! A psycho murderer can even utilize cereal to choke one of their victims. Because cereal can choke people, should we limit the amount of cereal out in shops? Of course not. There will always be the “bad guy”. We can do nothing about it and should therefore not worry about it. This applies to science in the future as well. None of us now will know what will happen. The future holds a mystery for humanity and whatever new finds we find in science, we must fully explore it for the benefits of humanity. Even if it is research into weaponry, how much worse can weapons get when almost all countries have the ability to decimate whole cities and countries with small bombs? What we need now is the curiosity and strive for success. We need to be hungry for the betterment of society. This is not the time for worry, but the time for action. TRUST THE FUTURE
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