Reflection Task 1. The Medawar Lecture ‘Is Science Dangerous?

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Module 1 Section 1. Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society

Name: John Carlo Relor

Course/Section: CE-1 B-11 Date Submitted: August 24, 2019
Instructions: After reading Lewis Wolpert’s The Medawar Lecture 1998 ‘Is Science Dangerous?’, reflect
and answer the following questions.
1. Obligatory Question – What did Lewis Wolpert mean when he stated that ‘reliable scientific
knowledge is value-free and has no moral or ethical value’ (p. 1254)?
Lewis Wolpert stated that reliable scientific knowledge is value-free and has no moral or ethical
value it means that in contrast to technology knowledge, a reliable scientific knowledge is a knowledge
that has no half-baked feelings on it e.g. empathy, compassion, honesty. Lewis Wolpert meaning of
reliable scientific knowledge is a knowledge of a person or a man of science that has an ambition and it
can throw or sacrifice anything in order to get what he wanted. In short a reliable scientific knowledge
is a knowledge that is satisfactory acceptable in quality and quantity, it has a strong support of evidence,
and it does not contain any subjective nature it is all objective.

2. Free-Choice Question (Choose one only. Encircle the letter of your choice before answering.)
a. Why is the conflation of science and technology a serious problem according to Wolpert?
b. How is the social responsibility of scientists distinct from those of ordinary citizens? Cite
two specific situations where this distinction become apparent.
c. How is Eugenics a classic example of the perversion of scientific knowledge?

A great man once said, heaven does not create one person above or below each other, any distinction
between the wise and the stupid, between the rich and the poor, comes down to a matter of education.
There is a distinction between the social responsibilities of scientist and ordinary citizens, scientists
informing their governments about on how things will work out after the project what is the cause and
the effect of it in the future or after further use; However to make it short and simple scientist
responsibilities is to participate in a discussions and decisions regarding on how to use science
appropriately in addressing societal concerns or issues, and it can clear the problem in a short time
because of their specialize knowledge and expertise to the subject. Scientists conducts a project on how
to help society grows by using the education and knowledge from science, they provide a equitable
access to the society, and the scientists are behaving without ethics and sensitivity; Meanwhile the social
responsibilities of an ordinary citizens in society is they clean the surrounding area of a society to
promote better environment and the ordinary citizens behave ethically and sensitively towards society.

3. Obligatory Question - Why is there a need to encourage ordinary citizens to learn more about
science?
 An education and knowledge about science is a must, an individual should learn more about
science because most of the time the things that happens to an individual can be explain by science my
mistake to said most of the time it is not most of the time it is all the time every day, every night, and
everything that happens inside your body the bioelectricity, nutrients, blood, can be learn through
science. Most importantly by learning science an ordinary citizens will become aware to its surrounding,
what is happening to the society, if there are any social implications, and what is the uprising dilemma
that the society faces. If an individual study more about science then it is safe to assume that another
scale of ignorance sheds