Smoking Controversy

Discoveries would not be as rewarding today, without the curiosity and effort put into decoding them. Human curiosity is the sole reason we are atop the food chain as a species. We have the ability to push the envelope of reality to open new outlooks. It is human nature to explore and question the ideas as to why we have arrived on the earth in the way we have. For hundreds of years, humans have questioned the ideas and methods for why we do this in this way and why certain things react in the ways they do. In this essay, I am going to discuss what made them act on these questions and what the ultimate result was. We have gained a large amount of knowledge through these methods. But what determines a discovery as valuable? There are many …show more content…
Humans have used the history and work of previous developers to better explain previous answers or even newly proposed questions. As mentioned earlier, humans tend to feed off of each other when it comes to innovation and discoveries. For example smoking was originally said to be healthy and good for the human body. But now doctors from all around strictly request to stop smoking because of its many health issues. It was not their fault, they were just ignorant at the time. Modern medicine in the 50’s was nowhere near where it is today. The work of previous researchers may not get us very far though. We understand that smoking causes lung cancer, yet people who are perfectly healthy can still develop cancer. We have gotten to the point where we know what causes cancer but we have not been able to cure it. Yes, there is chemotherapy, but that is hit or miss. Not to mention it is a destructive process. Maybe in the future, we will come to realize that chemotherapy is a terrible solution to cancer. When it comes to discoveries it is almost like putting together historical pieces and making a puzzle, maybe adapting the pieces from time to time. Whether those pieces are valued or not is the biggest debate. I believe every discovery that places us somewhere ahead of where we previously were is a valued discovery. The phrase “work smarter, not harder” should be applied to this topic. Just because an individual works as hard as they possibly can, does not make their result any better than someone who discovered the same thing in an easier fashion. People often mistake effort for intelligence and I believe that is where this question stemmed from. Though some people may have access to better information and resources than others, the work put into the actual experimental procedure of a discovery does not define the