Sample Essay: Scientific and Technological Advances

Everybody agrees that developments in science and technology are changing the world very rapidly. Consider how your own day-to-day life is changing or has changed because of scientific and technological advances.

Ee Lin is given an essay assignment as a homework for her one-week holiday. I wrote my last essay months ago. So, I decided to give it a try since I'm currently in a light mood - though not particularly free. The title is as above. Credits go to Ee Lin for offering some of the points.

Unless you've been living under a coconut shell for all these years, you must have noticed how much science and technology have advanced. And unless you're living in a cave by the Amazonian river beyond the bounds of civilisation, these advances have changed our daily life in significant ways.

First of all, the television is the most important invention of last century as it provides countless hours of numb entertainment and updates on the latest information. Hollywood movies starring semi-nude hot babes, dumb commercials that turn us into mindless consumers, 8 o'clock news reports that offer partial views on contemporary issues... Man, I can just sit there in front of the tube for hours till my rear grows roots! And with this innovative invention called the "remote control", channel surfing has never been more fun! I don't even have to twitch a muscle (okay, just the fingers) or so much as budge from the couch to switch the channels. Compared to our grandpas who use long poles to surf the channels - probably only three back then - we're on a faster track to becoming couch potatoes! Now, isn't that great?

Secondly, the invention of mobile phone has brought many benefits to me as well. Nowadays, public phones are obsolete. They serve no other purpose than as outlets for creative people to express themselves with vulgar graffitis. Instead of hunting for public phones - and small change - to make a phone call, I use a mobile phone instead, duh! With modern handphones that support 3G technology, now I don't have to miss all those serial dramas! Of course, some naughty people use mobile phones, too, to trigger bombs but I do none of such nasty things. I use my mobile phone to send unsolicited messages using the short message service. Sometimes, I pass around blessings from the Dalai Lama!

One scientific advance which I feel obliged to mention is the breakthrough in DNA sequencing. Of course it's of utmost consequences! DNA sequencing leads to a better understanding of our origin. As a fervent atheist who advocates the theory of evolution, it'll certainly be my pleasure to see scientists prove once and for all that Darwin was right and turn the tables on creationism! We're not moulded from dirt, but rather, we share the same ancestral roots as our cousin, apes. But, let's not get carried away, shall we? Besides, with a better understanding of life, humans can now play god. Cloning, that's what I mean. This subject is undeniable of great concern to me. Great lord! I've met so many people who commented that they're acquainted to someone else who look like me! With ubiquitous look-alikes running wild in the streets, I can't help but suspect that someone out there is mustering a troop of cloned army with the most perfect genes you can find, namely mine.

So, you see, scientific and technological advances have indeed changed my daily life in various positive ways. It's time to consider moving away from your prehistoric cave, dude! And start chewing on the latest issue of New Scientist!

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