As technology grows and makes things easier to do, does that make us less likely to progress and strive for knowledge and further advancement in science and technology? I doubt it, even with the advancement of computers I feel that advancements in technology has made it possible for us to go beyond our earlier techniques of scientific processes. And since it is easier to analyze data in any scientific field of study using computers and new technology, then scientists are more likely to progress more quickly and further in gaining knowledge. For example the University of California and Berkeley started a project to search for extraterrestrial life. The project is to use idle computers around the world to continuously scan scientific data for traces of intelligent life among the stars. The project has logged more than 279,000 years of processing time. This achievement could not have been accomplished without the progression of technology and communication. Without the technology of robotics, deep sea submarine dives, NASA space missions, medical advancements and other science fields would be seriously hindered. If anything, I feel that technology has helped drive enthusiasm and new ways of thinking for scientific and technological advancements.

- Jeff Lakin

Science Integration Institute wrote:
> "The fundamental contradiction of the scientific age might be the one
> between our eager embrace of the technological fruits of science, and our
> lazy rejection of the ways of thinking that made it all possible."
>
> - Art Hobson