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Talk 3: Development of modern Science and where is the humanity headed.
The third talk starts with the enumeration of the contributions of Indian scientists to modern science over last 100 years. This contribution though significant, pales before the scientific discoveries in the Western world. Evolution of the Western science has been traced starting from Greeks and Romans to the modern era. Factors that inhibited the development of experimental sciences in India have been discussed. History of key scientific inventions in the West has been described and how India is rapidly catching up with the West in the fields of modern Science and Technology has been discussed. It is then mentioned that the evolution of modern science and technology has created many problems as the man moves away from the Nature and the present day consumption culture is moving the human society to a stage where it is difficult to sustain itself. Humans have bullied their way on the utilization of the natural resources that have had a huge impact on other life forms on the earth. Rate of extinction of other animal species has been increasing steeply. Humans have reached a stage where the human species itself may become extinct in not so distant future. Several factors like rapidly falling birth rates across the world and its causative factors have been discussed. It is debated as to how long the humans would survive on the earth. In the last part of the talk, the recent rapid developments in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics its implications on human society has been discussed.
