What is the Future of Science?

Homegrown terrorism. Domestic threat. Up rise of the mad scientists. These are the things that the government whispers about the biopunks of our nation. The question I think about is: Is this really a harmless operation towards an innovation that can potentially change the world or are biopunks the veiled villains that could potentially destroy life as we know it? In concerns to this question, I do not assume that all the bad results are intended by the biopunks. Accidents do happen. This presents another important question: is it worth the risk? It is hard to answer this question. Some people do have and have acquired the proper knowledge, not necessarily through school, to execute scientific research safely. On the opposing side of the spectrum, I think individuals underestimate the time and efforts put into scientific research. It’s not like researchers are twiddling their thumbs and hoping for a miracle; a lot of it is time consuming trial and error. Along with that trial and error, there is a long blueprint of thought drawn out in order to accomplish their experiments. I could never do it and it fascinates me that people can. I think everyone has the right to plunge into science and educate himself or herself about the matter. The grey area lies between those qualified and those who underestimate science. Terrorism? That is kind of harsh. People are threatened by situations in which they do not comprehend. Years ago, it didn’t bother people to think that Steve Jobs was manipulating technology in his garage. Yet when an amateur, who is not well known, is pulling apart pieces of a sequence of DNA, people become hesitant. Who knows what the future has in store for us. Not only as a nation, but in the realm of science entirely.