The defensive action discussed by the scientists was to live in underground bunkers. The offensive action was to marginally deflect
Comet Dutta from its path by giving it a push. This could be done by placing nuclear payload in a spaceship, sending it to intercept the approaching comet and detonating it by remote control.
Give one example to show how science has been misused, and has as a result been harmful to us
Give two or three examples to show how science has been useful to us.
Do you think ours is a traditional society? What are some of the things we do to be called traditional? Do you find these
things useless or useful?
Should a scientist's findings be suppressed if they seem disturbing? Give reasons for and against the topic.
Is Duttada's general outlook
(i) rational?
(ii) moral?
(iii) traditional?
Choose the right word. Say why you think it right.