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6. Trends in the Relationship between Science and Society Many academic institutions suggest: A Including policy makers in scientific and technological issues. A Utilizing the media to inform the public of science and technology issues. A Increasing dialogue and interface between natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences. Questions: These ideas have the potential to impact society in many ways. 1) What are the potential negative impacts of the three ideas mentioned above? Justify your answer. Answer: 2) Who should the policy makers be? Justify your answer. Answer: 3) Should all parts of society be expected to understand the issues at stake? Why or Why not? Justify your answer. Answer: 4) Should all high risk research be regulated? Why or why not? Justify your answer. Answer: 5) What does science and society is a reciprocal relationship mean? (Look up the definition of reciprocal). Answer: 6) Who should benefit economically from government funded research, the corporation doing the research, or the people? Answer:

Answer 1

1. The three negative implications here of above ideas are excessive micromanagement by media, lack of domain expertise by policy makers in Technology issues and lastly frictional different views which diverge between political makers and media.
2. Policy makers must comprise of IAS workers like Indian administration service personnel in India who have right mix of technical expertise and management as well as exposure to policy making and sociocultural trends.
3. All parts of societies should be able to understand above issues so that literacy spreads and positive word of mouth ignites revolutionary actions which can be Transformational and unanimous and helpsbin faster attainment of goals.
4. All high risk research be regulated to see that no unethical practices take place which can be detrimental towards public welfare and to see rightful implementation takes place with minimal delay and micromanagement.
5. Science and society is reciprocal as the product of high degree of science and inverse of low degree of collaboration of society is one or in other words creates unity in diversity and brings out intended effects of equality.
6. Government funded research benefits both corporate and people as corporation receives better brand awareness, higher profitability and expertise across new domains and simultaneously people get accessibility to new services at low cost and higher efficiency.