I'm writing an essay and I'd really like to use a few examples. Links would be extremely helpful!
2007-12-13 17:51:01 · 9 answers · asked by asourapple100 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I don't need technologies that were created for war and then adapted for peace. I'm writing an essay on the evils of technology, so that doesn't really help me.
2007-12-13 17:55:26 · update #1
I have a feeling genetic engineering shall soon be used as a tool for war. They can target specific genes in humans to activate a genome to kill a specific group and not affect another, at least that's what I was told in a bio class five-seven years ago. And the whole sci-fi idea of super soldiers might not be so unrealistic in the coming decades. You might want to throw that in for a potential future weapon.
2007-12-13 18:30:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gunpower was originally a Chinese elixer or something.
I think the argument could be made that nuclear technology initially set out for peaceful purposes, but was hijacked by military institutions. Such an argument would likely be specious, though.
I believe such technologies are quite exceptional, though, as the general trend, from my knowledge, is in the opposite direction.
2007-12-14 02:08:22 · answer #2 · answered by kenny v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wheel, the internal combustion engine, the airplane, mathematics, maps, the compass, the radio, the telephone, and other communication devices, the computer, the telescope, magnifying glass, paint for camouflage, steel...this list can go on forever.
2007-12-14 07:20:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that it's a fallacious question, nobody invents anything for peace, they invent to become rich or make a task simpler or a thousand other reasons. I don't think peace is a very strong motivator for invention.
Gun powder was invented by the Chinese to make fireworks, now we use it for 2000lb daisy cutters.
2007-12-14 02:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by Nancy P 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Alfred Nobel of the Nobel Peace Prize invented TNT. He intended it to be used for construction and industry. (Plasting tunnels etc..)
2007-12-14 03:07:21 · answer #5 · answered by nicholas b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plenty were created for war and later used for peace:
Jet engine
GPS
Infrared vision (night vision)
Jet airplane
Ballistic missile (now used to launch satellites)
Advanced medical bandages
Internet (originally called Arpanet)
Drones (now used for civilian purposes)
2007-12-14 01:54:03 · answer #6 · answered by a bush family member 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nuclear power was intended for energy use but was used as a bomb.
2007-12-14 03:09:11 · answer #7 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Airplanes, come to mind.
2007-12-14 02:05:47 · answer #8 · answered by Citizen1984 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nuclear anything...was meant to scare everyone straight, i.e. if you don't mess w/ anyone, no one messes w/ you.
2007-12-14 02:17:05 · answer #9 · answered by Hall + Oates 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋