• Question: why do we need science

    Asked by hayden to Adrian, Gaia, Jim, Scott, Vicky on 11 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by 599rdme25, melissa.
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      Adrian Buzatu answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      We need science to tell us about the world we live in. There is fundamental science. It searches the Universe driven by pure curiosity. There is also applied science. This takes the laws of sciences (like the law of gravity) and applies them (to obtain principles, like Bernulli’s principle). Engineers than take scientific principles and use them to create equipment. Business people then produce and sell the products. Science is therefore at the basis of the pyramid of how we build things and services in society. Science creates finally a better life for ourselves.

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      Gaia Andreoletti answered on 12 Mar 2016:

      Because aren’t you curious about how things were formed?How do they work? How could you make them better? 😉

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      Jim Barrett answered on 13 Mar 2016:

      Science is all about understanding the stuff we don’t understand yet. Science is pretty fun by itself, but you also get the useful side effect of cures for diseases and great inventions (computers etc)

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      Scott Lawrie answered on 14 Mar 2016:

      If we didn’t have science, we’d be stuck in the Dark Ages! There’d be no lights, no electricity, no telephones, no cures for any diseases, no cars, no aeroplanes… essentially the life you enjoy now would not exist!

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