Professor Dotterman
Essay # 2: Science
Mohammad Yonis
Science
Originally, I always imagined science to be a fact-based subject. I believed there was no second guessing science. That everything was proven by trial and error using the scientific method. After thoroughly investigating science and its’ process, I have completely changed my views on it. Now I feel scientist do not care about humans and the environment as much as they do money. Also, the products such as medicine, vaccines, and other cures are not tested or proven enough to be applied to humans. I believe the science industry has changed mainly because it is now money driven. Another factor that changed my views on science is considering the people within the industry and their motives, biases, and actions. With the money driven, biased, and selfishly influenced scientist of today I believe there is soon to be a “scientific revolution” in which almost all of science will be replaced by machines in a factory. As shown in the film the Promised Land, the new science industry cares very little for the environment and a lot more for their money. During the movie characters Matt Damon and Francis McDormand are sent to Pennsylvania, which at the time was struggling economically. Their employer, Global Crosspower Solutions sends them out to the people giving them only the information they knew could convince the people and hiding the facts that would turn them away. This money driven company does not include the fact that the format they use to obtain the gas, really hurts the environment. Killing their cattle, grass, and other crops as chemicals are infused into the ground in order to get to the gas. It only took one brave man, Mr. Kinney who had done his research enough to educate the people on the real process and to convince them the company did not care for them, but for the money. A lot of scientist today rely on