"Is Science Necessary" with Reference to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

'Where would we be if nobody bothered to look beyond?'
- Dr. Frankenstein
Is science necessary to our future? In today's society this is an unasked question lurking in the corners of cottages and winter getaways where food is cooked over a wood stove and the information highway is just a dirt road. In the novel Frankenstein we find that 'looking beyond' only leads to pain and suffering in the cases of Dr. Frankenstein and the monster.
In today's society 'looking beyond' usually means trying to cure the suffering that was caused by trying to better our own lives. In Frankenstein the cottagers' life is proof that science is not necessary to our lives. Science is not necessary to our future and will ultimately be the catalyst for the destruction of the human race.
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