A Critique of Modern Science and Technology: Baconian Utopia and New Atlantis
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Building on Marina Leslie's definition of utopia as “a critical practice investigating the historical subject in the interrogative mode,” this essay argues that Francis Bacon's utopian text, N ewAtlantis (1627), explores the limitations of modern science and technology. The elite scientists of New Atlantis fail to solve the under-population problem and are ultimately forced to admit that their scientific knowledge cannot explain all natural phenomena. This paper also explores how Bacon's text examines ethical and political problems that scientocracy can cause. In the virtual society that Bacon presents, a few elite scientists marginalize non-scientists populace and dominate its political system. New Atlantis illustrates how the dominant elite scientists control the information regarding scientific discoveries, and abuse science and technology for their own profit and power. In doing so, Bacon critically reflects on the possible disaster that modern science and technology might bring about in the future.
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Building on Marina Leslie's definition of utopia as “a critical practice investigating the historical subject in the interrogative mode,” this essay argues that Francis Bacon's utopian text, NewAtlantis (1627), explores the limitations of modern science and technology. The elite scientists of New Atlantis fail to solve the under-population problem and are ultimately forced to admit that their scientific knowledge cannot explain all natural phenomena. This paper also explores how Bacon's text examines ethical and political problems that scientocracy can cause. In the virtual society that Bacon presents, a few elite scientists marginalize non-scientists populace and dominate its political system. New Atlantis illustrates how the dominant elite scientists control the information regarding scientific discoveries, and abuse science and technology for their own profit and power. In doing so, Bacon critically reflects on the possible disaster that modern science and technology might bring about in the future.
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