Science Is Bad: Difference between revisions

** [[The Plague|The superflu]] from [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Stand]]''. which escapes a government lab and kills off 99.4% of the world's population—of course the creators designed it to make sure an antivirus could never be made. The mini-series implies that Flagg may have had a role in the release of it, but the book itself describes it as a series of foul-ups and technical errors.

** Flagg is specifically described by [[Author On Board|Glen Bateman]] as "the last magician of rational thought" (!) and he gives an impassioned defense of the concept that they should not be so quick to recreate the technological civilization that created things like nukes and bio-engineered germs in the first place.

'''[[The Mentor|Glen:]]''' So I suppose we start building the whole sorry mess up again... using her as [[Fake Ultimate Hero|magnetic north]]. }}

* In the words of Jean Baudrillard in ''The Procession of Simulacra'', "Science never sacrifices itself. It is always murderous." Keep in mind that he didn't think science was inherently bad, despite that quote.

* An episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' featured Stephen interviewing the author of a book about robots and AI. The author pointed out that the West is largely wary of AI (see ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey|2001]]'') while the East (especially Japan) generally sees AI as a positive thing (see ''[[Astro Boy]]'').

** Stephen often says things like "I'm no fan of science," but seemed entirely keen on one specific form when hearing about a superlaser that concentrated laser beams into a small area to produce the temperatures and pressures of a star:

''(Cue rain of black balloons and a big "WE HAVE OUR OWN DEATH STAR" sign flashing in the foreground)'' }}

* An inversion in an episode of ''[[Sliders]]'' the gang ends up sliding to a world where all new technology was banned after the end of World War 2. This world's version of Quinn was killed by polio, and they convince Quinn's dad that technology is not bad and would have saved his son. He helps them to repair their timer with his dead son's illegal technology. Of course, the local Evil Corporation decides to steal the timer as they have been creating technology in secret so they can corner the market once the ban is lifted.

== Web Original ==

* Technology articles on ''[[Cracked.com]]'' tend to fit the form, "Seven ways X Scientific Advancement Can Kill You" or "Eight More Animals That Can Horribly Kill You." Since ''Cracked'' is an entertainment site first and a news site fifty-seventh, it makes more sense this way.

** [[Pokémon|Mew]] believes that all science is inheritly evil, and that scientists are [[Complete Monster|soulless monsters]]. Due to this, she sees nothing wrong with [[Cold-Blooded Torture|subjecting them to]] [[A Fate Worse Than Death]].