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The Morality of Exact Sciences--Yousef Sobouti
The Morality of Exact Sciences--Yousef Sobouti
Pages 10-13
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For instance, the Bedouin Arab and the desert-dwelling Iranian of the wind- and sand-stricken drylands have to protect themselves from the scorching sun of their habitat by covering virtually all parts of their bodies. On the other hand, the inhabitants of the wet tropics have to minimize their clothing to enhance the ventilation of the body, and the Europeans of the misty green continent find it a health requirement to expose themselves to the rare and much-sought-after sunshine wherever and whenever they happen to find it.
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The plain fact that interactions between societies take place on a much larger scale and in a much shorter time frame makes societies prone to tension. Cultures don't find enough time to adjust themselves to changes dictated by modern-day science and technology.
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Giordano Bruno was accused of sorcery and was burned. Nicolaus Copernicus could not publish his book, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, on the heliocentric theory of the skies in his lifetime for fear of his colleagues.
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THE MORALITY OF EXACT SCIENCES 13 conviction that mass dissemination of rational thinking through the promotion of science education in all societies is helpful in reducing global tensions and in opening doors to logical reasoning instead of presenting human beliefs as evidence of rightfulness.
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