What will happen if there is no science?

Answer 1

I will assume that you mean none of our own studies of science, rather than no science at all - science is the underlying basis of this universe, so whether we, or anyone or anything else are aware of it or not, science is happening. If we did not study science, you would never have asked this question. The average internet user, depending on which study you trust, is approximately 20. Without our understanding of Biology and chemistry, and correspondingly medicine, there is much less chance of you making it to that age. It is far from impossible however, so lets go deeper. Without the study of physical science, we wouldn't have the internet, computers, the telephone or electronics. So, you have to write down the question and put it on a notice board. Although, of course, you would have no pen, no paper, no notice board and no language. All of these things are science, albeit less obviously so than an atomic bomb or wonder-drug. So you could never have posed this question. So, what else would happen if we had no science? We would still be nomadic wanderers, uncommunicative, inexpressive and fearful. Our hunting weapons and abilities would never have advanced beyond the level of animals, we would die very early in life, live without shelter, fear what we didn't understand, i.e. EVERYTHING. We would never be able to spread across the world as we have without shelter technology, boats, food cooking/storage, hunting, farming, communications and medicine; so we would still be living on or quite near the African savannah. Our numbers would be pitifully small, and actually we would probably have gone extinct a long time ago. I guess the real answer to your question is that without science, there would be no humanity. If we suddenly lost all technology and regressed to basic states, there would be a massive die-back immediately. However, humanity would recover, because - just like our earliest ancestors - we are driven to develop and discover. This is, whether its a new way to string a bow or a new computer algorithm for Artificial Intelligence, science. And I for one wouldn't be without it.