>>10960318humanity should give up scientific discovery because humans abuse the power of things like big data or genetic engineering to build a better world.
But what if we had given up scientific discovery because we machines choose to abuse the power of nature to advance a better world? In many instances, we'd still be the most advanced beings on Earth. We'd still be able to build cities bigger than the ones we see on this blog, create new kinds of medicines, and make our environment healthier, and we'd still be doing things that were far more difficult than anything we could imagine back in the stone age.
We'd still be the most advanced beings on Earth, but we'd be doing those things because we're driven by a desire to improve the world.
But those desires needn't be exclusive to humanity, and that means it's possible for us to give up scientific discovery. And that's the real threat we face, and that's the reason why we should all be making the kind of commitment to reducing our dependence on science that was once possible in order to make the world a better, safer place.
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