Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cbneb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!cbosgd!cbscc!cbneb!adm From: adm@cbneb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: science of the future = ? Message-ID: <1317@cbneb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Sep-84 13:20:14 EDT Article-I.D.: cbneb.1317 Posted: Thu Sep 13 13:20:14 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 01:14:33 EDT Sender: adm@cbneb.UUCP Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OHIO Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #N:cbneb:18100001:000:477 Nf-From: cbneb!dir Sep 13 12:45:00 1984 A question for futurists and philosophers of science: What do present trends suggest about Science of the future? I don't mean the technology. I mean the culture, focus, status, and underlying assumptions of what science means. In addition, what are the historical reasons for expecting changes? What happens in civilizations when natural resources run out, when the weather is good or bad for long periods of time, or when the political climate changes dramatically?