There are usually a lot of obstacles blocking in the way of revolutions as ordinary people are commonly so used to the established old world and rules that it takes a fairly long time for them to accept something new, even though the new things may be apparently conducive to them. ... GM technology is a momentous revolution for humankind, but those who doubt it claim that it is hazardous not only to people's health but also to the environment. ... (AAAS 2012) What's more, a large amount of science-oriented publications including Nature and Scientific American have taken a hard look a...

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Eugenics reflects social and political ideas rather than scientific ones. ... Humans selected the best humans based on non-scientific and very personal criteria. ... As expected, after hearing an elaborate scientific theory, people seemed to believe the eugenicists' theory without question. ... Eugenics movements all over the world reflect social and political ideas rather than scientific. ... In America during a social and political revolution, eugenicists tried to make more intelligent, more capable, and healthier human beings. ...

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Even though as we develop more and more intelligent machines, we might lose our humanity, the foundation of our community, I believe we cannot undermine the significant role machines have played in our daily life and in scientific development. ... Ever since the industrial revolution in the 19th century, machines have been adopted and used in tons of companies in the manufacturing industry, from the machines that were used to sew clothes, to the machinery today which can turn a pile of steel into a car in just a couple of hours. ... Recently, I read an article which states that the speed of s...

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"If the capacity for disobedience constituted the beginning of human history, obedience might very well cause the end of human history" (page 361) Fromm is referring to the time and place he lives in as he is writing this essay (the Atomic Age, after the Bay of Pigs incident) and explains that, emotionally, man still lives in the Stone Age while, scientifically, the human species lives in the 20th century. ... The consequence(s) that I am instantly reminded of is the French Revolution, or even the Communist Revolution in Russia. ...

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A: I was trained in medicine and have a great appreciation of the importance of the scientific method in the advancement of human knowledge. I was trying to give a scientific ground to the matters that were dealt before only by philosophers. ... There was also a lot of political turmoil going on, such as the First World War and the Communist Revolution. ... It is possible that I was placing such huge weight on sexuality because it's power, importance and complexity were grossly underestimated in the scientific thinking that preceded my theories. ...

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Human Behavior When compared to other marsupial, human beings are more pliable due to their physiological adaptations, which have resulted in the development of a wide range of abilities and a unique versatility in behavior. Through the first twelve years of a human's life, the brain's great s...

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More conclusive and scientific evidence comes from carbon-14 dating. ... At this point around 10,000 B, C. the spread of these peoples are seen through out Northern Africa, the Sahara and Modern countries such as Ghana, Sudan, Syria, Ethiopia and at the heart of this cultural revolution the area's around the Nile and Egypt. ...

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To continue, within scientific experiments, scientists have the idea that happiness can be physically induced through experimentation. ... All of these themes are explored in the critically acclaimed video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution that deals with the ethics of transhumanism. ...

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