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SCIENCE AND SENSE
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In a word, it is essential to follow the application of natural science to industry with a similar application of Christianity in the economic world. The latter will revolutionise human life even more than the former has done.
Who Discovered Australia?
There are signs apparently of old (and probably From the standpoint of physi-a revival of
controversy during cal environment and living conrather ide ditions, the world has changed the celebrations of the establish- James ment of the British in Australia. more since the days Watt than in all the preceding Who first discovered Australia? centuries since the beginning of There are various possible ans- wers, with the happy certainty the Christian era.
As a result of the astounding that hardly anyone can be prov→ achieved ed wrong and that no one can be material progress through machines and scientific proved right, so there is a wide inventions, many of us have come field and no favour. What does to feel that technology is solving seem to be true is that none of lour problems. But is it? As a those who, in a more or less matter of fact, technology is pil-distant past, have been claimed ling up our problems, loading on us as "knowing Australia" left any the necessity of intelligence, good trace on the continent. There was Mr. Hyde Clarke, who (in will, and character.
Perhaps the most concrete "The Legend of the Atlantis of all-important Plato") declared that there could example of this fact is to be found in the field be no doubt that Australia was of international relations. Mod-known in the most remote anti- ern transportation and communiquity of the early history of cation have transformed the civilisation at a time when the world into a neighbourhood, more intercourse with America and more it is becoming a social, still maintained" He pointed out cultural, and economic unit. We that the school of Pergamos are therefore faced with the divided the world into four main urgent necessity of learning how regions: the Great World or
• Continent which includ to live in peace and friendship Northern with other nations, of established Europe, Asia, and Africa, the ing a regime of international law Austral or Southern World which W23 Australia; the Northern and order.
was
A century ago, when nations World which was North America: were still widely separated by and the Southern World which It was mountains, rivers, deserts, and was South America. oceans and before technology claimed that all these were in- had seriously challenged time habited, though this doctrine and space international good was condemned by the Christian will was not a vital necessity. Church. In any case the mak- However desirable, the world ing of maps is no proof. But Icould and, for the most part, Lady Russell pointed out in Notes and Queries" that there did get along without it.
To-day, however, war, as re were two old maps in the British Museum, one dated 1452, which volutionised by technology, is peril primarily for two reasons:showed "Great Java, roughly first, because technology has pro- were Australia is. duced such destructive weapons;
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secondly, because civilisation has What Every Bobbie become highly integrated and complex-so much so, in fact, Knows
The Chief Constable
that whatever happens for good or bad in any locality inevitably has repercussions elsewhere. English county town enumerat
So technology has thrust upon a recent speech the qualities us the problem of living in peace and the knowledge that must be and friendship with nations
ssessed by the efficient modern which we have had little under-policeman. It is an imposing standing. In other fields, too, list. The Victorian public were new problems are arising as the reminded that: "If you want to result of technological develop know the time, ask a policeman"; ments, problems calling for the for
utmost in wisdom, intelligence, Every member of the Force and character: the problem, off Has a watch and chain of technological unemployment, for
comse
instance. The highly integrated but to day the emphasis is laid nature of a machine-made econo on his headpiece rather than his mic order necessitates a proper timepiece, and you can ask him functioning of every cog in the system Even the rich can no longer be secure if a large pro- portion of the population is poor, for industries depend on mass purchasing power for susten
It would appear obvious, there fore, that instead of solving pro blems, technology is bringing
still more problems, more press- ling and more difficult of sol
tion than those fa before the invention of the In the long run, nology will pro
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