Shanen Barbie K.

Mortega

GED0104-SEC19- SUBSECTION3

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Question #1 (Q1): What is the major implication of social revolutions in the

advancement of science and technology?

Social Revolutions have paved the way for science and technology to advance over time
as there was an increase in demand for inventions and innovations that societies needed as a
result of the changes brought by the social revolution. Science and technology seemed to be
the only way that could find solutions and developments in dealing with the problems that arose,
as well as the situations, that people were in during the social revolution.
During the social revolution did we experience a fast, profound, and violent internal shift
in a society's main beliefs and mythologies, as well as its political institutions, social structure,
leadership, and government activities and policies, (Huntington ,1968). The birth of an
enormous amount of scientific and technological discoveries happened during the Social
Revolution. An example stated by Yuval Harrari in his book, is during the 1940s, when the
governments of America and the Soviet Union devoted vast resources to the research of
nuclear physics as they assumed that allotting resources to the study of it would enable them to
develop nuclear weapons that can help them win wars. (And this happened a lot during the
social revolution, not only in America). In the year 1968 did the world not only witness the Social
Revolution, but along with it is the Scientific and Technological Revolution. In that year, the US
and the USSR (Soviet Union) for the first time, sent astronauts into Earth Orbit, and The Apollo
7 mission in October was the first crewed flight of that program to send a live television
transmission. These scientific and technological advancements rose due to the US and the
Soviet Union being in a situation in which is comparable to that of a competition (to see who
would win the Lunar Race), (Yanes, 2018). As wars and revolt caused casualties and tragic
injuries among societies, there was a need for advancements in medicine.
Social Revolutions allowed the government, businesses or even private sectors to invest
billions of dollars into scientific research and development. Administrations chose to devise
methods and means to deal with the challenges it encounters in order to maintain its control
over society, (Prasad,1974). Developing science and technology was a necessity during Social
Revolutions, to cater the needs of the people as a part of survival and adaptation to their
situations. As scientists needed to invent and innovate, it is to provide for the economy and
politics that either declined or rose during the social revolution. It forced the merge of ideas and
knowledge that could be beneficial for both science and technology as well as the economy and
politics, for the sake of the society.
Question #2 (Q2): Should we deem Science as “superior” in terms of giving us a picture of
reality?  

I have a very neutral opinion in this superiority of science in terms or giving us a picture
of reality. Science cannot even establish what reality is; it is beyond the realm of science. There
are two potential realities, be that: objective reality and subjective reality. It is impossible to
prove which is true. Reality is more than just the physical/objective world. I think “yes” it is
superior in a way that science enabled understanding to such concepts of objective reality
(existence of humans, origin of things, etc. things that can be touched and seen, science can
explain it through research). However, it is “not superior” as thoughts and emotions being a part
of subjective reality, for example, feelings that have no physical presence and cannot be
witnessed, cannot be explained by science.

Science, which is based only on logic, is limited to what the senses perceive and so
does not encompass all knowledge. There is a wealth of information about reality available
through divine revelation and human experience. Our sense of freedom, justice, peace, and
love, for example, is not derived from science and cannot be quantified by science. Science can
look at their consequences, but not their core. We are yet to discover the truth in the subjective
reality, or we could just stick to religious beliefs in God's revelation and human intelligence to
understand things.

Science is superior in giving us a picture of objective reality, but not the subjective
reality. Science is concerned with the underlying perception rather than the overall framework.
You can't determine what makes up reality's framework from a perspective that's entrenched
within it.
REFERENCES:

Campbell, Tom, director. Tom Campbell: Objective vs Subjective Reality. YouTube, YouTube,
30 Dec. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpGUj0ipZew.

Harari, Yuval N. author. ( 2015). Sapiens : a brief history of humankind. New York :Harper,
Prasad, R. (1974). Science and Technology: Impact on Society. Social Scientist,2(9), 18-30.
doi:10.2307/3516110

Yanes, J. (2018, May 21). 1968: A social, scientific and technological revolution. OpenMind.
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