SCIENCE: ITS OPPORTUNITIES AND DANGERS

John Scales Avery
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John Scales Avery: H.C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Chapter 12 in Energy, Resources, and the Long-Term Future, 2007, pp 229-262 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:Science as organized knowledgeThe predictive value of statementsReductionism versus HolismInduction versus deductionIs science value-free?Exponential growthPatrons of science and engineeringSoldiers in the laboratoryUNESCO as a patron of science and technologyRapidly growing fieldsBiotechnologyThe Asilomar ConferenceInformation technology and microelectronicsAutoassembly of supramolecular structuresArtificial lifeScience and technology out of control?Science loses its innocenceRespect for natural evolutionThe need for ethicsThe impossibility of “Star Wars”Global ethicsA non-anthropocentric component for ethicsSuggestions for further reading

Keywords: Energy; Resources; Sustainability; Ecology; Population; Future; Industrialism; Poverty; Globalization; Climate Change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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