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Technology and philosophy

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:36:08 +0000

Technicism Generally, technicism is an over reliance or overconfidence in technology as a benefactor of society. Taken to extreme, some argue that technicism is the belief that humanity will ultimately be able to control the entirety of existence using technology. In other words, human beings will someday be able to master all problems and possibly [...]

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Energy and Transport

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:35:00 +0000

Humans were learning to harness other forms of energy. The earliest known use of wind power is the sailboat.[citation needed] The earliest record of a ship under sail is shown on an Egyptian pot dating back to 3200 BC.[citation needed] From prehistoric times, Egyptians probably used “the power of the Nile” annual floods to irrigate [...]

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Science, engineering and technology

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:33:43 +0000

The distinction between science, engineering and technology is not always clear. Science is the reasoned investigation or study of phenomena, aimed at discovering enduring principles among elements of the phenomenal world by employing formal techniques such as the scientific method.[8] Technologies are not usually exclusively products of science, because they have to satisfy requirements such [...]

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Technology

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:32:28 +0000

Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species’ usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species’ ability to control and adapt to its environment. Technology is a term with origins in the Greek “technologia”, “τεχνολογία” — “techne”, “τέχνη” (“craft”) and “logia”, “λογία” (“saying”).[1] However, a strict [...]

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