Science Takes Over
Jordyn Erger
Ms. Hayes
Ap Lit/Comp
7 December 2016
Science Takes Over
As Albert Einstein said, “Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness? The simple answer runs: Because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it.” Society is constantly trying to use science to create new technology in order to make living easier. If people replace science and technology with what is truly important, like family, knowledge, and emotions, it will lead to the worsening of the society instead of making it better. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, science takes over, which dehumanizes the society and causes them to lack emotions, desires, spirituality, and relationships. First, science has taken over the need for families. In Brave New World there is no need for families because …show more content…
Although they are achieving that goal, many other things are going very wrong. “The desire to control nature, reinforced by the recent advances in scientific technique, leads inevitably to the desire to control and regulate society” (Baker 65). While using science to create and control children they are only controlling and regulating the whole society from the ability to live and act as human beings actually should.
Science is also taking over religion in the World State. Religion has been replaced by the technology they use. The World State believes it is not needed in a world with science and machines. Their “religion” is now just about technology, sex, and drugs. “For Huxley as an intellectual, mind and body are divided. Not only is human biology more than a little disgusting, it is also—specially sexual intercourse for Huxley—ridiculous. We are all slaves to the body” (McQuail). All their bodies are used for is work and sex. With this as their only form of religion, there are many unanswered
Jordyn Erger
Ms. Hayes
Ap Lit/Comp
7 December 2016
Science Takes Over
As Albert Einstein said, “Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness? The simple answer runs: Because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it.” Society is constantly trying to use science to create new technology in order to make living easier. If people replace science and technology with what is truly important, like family, knowledge, and emotions, it will lead to the worsening of the society instead of making it better. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, science takes over, which dehumanizes the society and causes them to lack emotions, desires, spirituality, and relationships. First, science has taken over the need for families. In Brave New World there is no need for families because …show more content…
Although they are achieving that goal, many other things are going very wrong. “The desire to control nature, reinforced by the recent advances in scientific technique, leads inevitably to the desire to control and regulate society” (Baker 65). While using science to create and control children they are only controlling and regulating the whole society from the ability to live and act as human beings actually should.
Science is also taking over religion in the World State. Religion has been replaced by the technology they use. The World State believes it is not needed in a world with science and machines. Their “religion” is now just about technology, sex, and drugs. “For Huxley as an intellectual, mind and body are divided. Not only is human biology more than a little disgusting, it is also—specially sexual intercourse for Huxley—ridiculous. We are all slaves to the body” (McQuail). All their bodies are used for is work and sex. With this as their only form of religion, there are many unanswered