Example famous firsts, like Marie Curie dying from radiation, and Rosalind Franklin providing an x-ray of DNA showing its structure, but dying young of x-ray related cancer. Would being the famous first to discover something be worth the risks to you?
2007-04-09 02:52:37 · 5 answers · asked by Nicegirl 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
There are risks in any undertaking. Some are known in advance, some are not. We always consider risks and benefits whenever we make any decision. If I could choose to have every human on earth know God by dying tomorrow, I wouldn't hesitate. If I could choose to have the correct theory of quantum gravity for the same price, I'd have to think about it.
2007-04-10 06:43:17 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were utterly facinated by my work, my work would help people in the future, and my work was my life, I would not mind dying as a result (though I'd probably be kicking myself on the deathbed for not figuring out the danger in time to protect myself).
While scientists aren't the usual type of person you think of as heroes, when the work is helpful and exploratory, it is a heroic way to die--and we all have to go somehow and sometime. It's like braving the unknown by being an explorer, but instead of landing on a new continent or the moon, you are discovering knowledge.
2007-04-09 10:07:51 · answer #2 · answered by wayfaroutthere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your examples are ones that the people didn't know There discovers would kill them. In this case I would be happy to make the discovery.
If i knew i was killing myself. No
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2007-04-09 13:31:01 · answer #3 · answered by Carroll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it would help the general population of the world then of course. i wouldn't be keeping any information that would harm nearly everyone. but if it's just nothing that cannot be beneficial to many people then... idts
2007-04-09 10:15:18 · answer #4 · answered by PcH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-04-09 10:02:11 · answer #5 · answered by concernedjean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋