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21. Money spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial.
The goals of all the research are always to find the unknown, to explain the phenomenon and to promote the welfare of all human-beings. If Thomas A. Edison didn’t invent the electric light, people now would probably still use candles for living. Because of the industry evolution, the lifestyle of all human-beings has been totally turned over. It is said that the convenience and comfort of nowadays society are due to great research and development continuously accumulating.
Truly, with the rapid development of the technology, people enjoy it and go for it. Say, through the Internet, people, without any time or borders or geographical limits, could not only connect to everyone all over the world but also gain the enormously abundant information. Also if one forgets to bring his or her cell phone, it would be a tough day on that day. Not to mention that without the electricity or gasoline people would probably outrage for the inconvenience.
However, each technology is a two-edged sword. While technology brings convenience to humans, it also takes more serious problem to us: air pollutions make more and more people allergic, while noise pollutions result in people deaf and so on. As technology is somehow controversial, so is most of the research. Say, after the human genome project was completed and totally human DNA sequences were unlocked, the thriving bioinformatics is expected to overcome fatal diseases by designing drugs or even cloning living body, which is the most disputable issue with morals and solutions to diseases that some countries legitimate to prohibit.
The nuclear problem is also famous for controversy. We could not neglect the huge power of nuclear energy producing for providing base needs of main cities all over the world. However, while Albert Einstein discovered the power of nuclear function, he also regarded himself as a sinner. Though the nuclear bomb ended World War II lasting for several years, it brings more serious suffers to people of Japan, abnormal and malformed. Nowadays the United Nations declares that the nuclear weapon is forbidden.
In conclusion, we could not doubt that the benefits of all man-kinds resulted from all of the research. However, the great scholars and researchers, while diligent hardworking, need to put more emphasis upon moral philosophy. After all, the most important of all is the lasting living of whole human-beings.