Science today has given us such comforts as were unimaginable a few years ago. Today we can switch on radio and listen to the music. We have electricity, telephone, television, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioning plants and whatnot.
The men who live in big cities are benefited in some respects while harmed in many other ways. The city people do not have any leisure. Their life is so busy and mechanical that they do not have any time to share. Their lives have become artificial, devoid of charm and delight.
As modern age is an age of science, men have become scientific minded. But as science is advancing, it is thwarting out civilization. In the kingdom of science, the worlds like love, affection and sentiments are quite foreign.
So, what is the use of science to man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul? Spiritualism is on the wane while materialism is on the increase. Philosophy, culture and poetry are fading from the earthly life because of the rapid advancement of science.
Again, on the destructive side, science had invented weapons which are most dreadful and disastrous. The inventions of laser beams, cobalt bomb and megaton bomb have increased the chances of human destruction. If these weapons are used they would spell disaster for the entire mankind. Science makes mankind happy with its latest achievements, but it also makes it unhappy when it shows its destructive power.
Broadly speaking, science can be used for getting happiness but the mind of the man and particularly of the politician misuses the discoveries of science.
SAMIA MALIK
Lahore