the dangers of unfettered scientific advancement theme
The dangers of scientific experiments going out of control with disastrous consequences for society, or the results of scientific discovery being used for mass destruction, are explored.
Examples
Concern was expressed about the potential for the powerful terraforming device named Genesis to be used to destroy all life on a planet in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982).
80 total · 2 choice · 67 major · 11 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng1x24 | choice | Manheim's experiment nearly destroys the universe. |
| voy4x21 | choice | Keterer synthesized an omega molecule and blew up the place and Janeway made a point of Einstein and the atomic bomb and Allos with his experiments |
| ahh3x11 | major | Jane was convinced that every last man on Earth would perish from a mutation of the virus strain that Dr. Perrigan was developing to make brown rats go extinct. |
| movie: 12 Monkeys (1995) | major | Dr. Leland Goins' assistant used the distinguished virologist's lab to get a virus that he deliberately used to wipe out the better part of humanity. |
| movie: 20 (2018) | major | The film concluded with Vaseegaran explaining how we must strike a balance between preserving nature and spreading technology around the world. |
| movie: Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) | major | Radioactive fallout from the first hydrogen bomb test produced a pair of radiation-mutated giant crabs that posed a threat to continued civilized life on Earth. |
| movie: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) | major | Tony Stark invented a powerful AI but it got out of his control and tried to exterminate humanity. |
| movie: Beginning of the End (1957) | major | Agricultural scientist Dr. Ed Wainwright grew gigantic vegetables using radiation. Unfortunately, some locust that fed on the grew to enormous proportions and destroyed and entire town. Dr. Ed Wainwright's assistant became a deaf mute after experimenting with radiation. |
| movie: Cyborg 2087 (1966) | major | The film concluded with Professor Sigmund Marx explaining how he decided not to reveal his radio telepathy invention because he feared it would be used by the military for evil purposes. |
| movie: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) | major | A virus, called the Simian Flu, that was used in the development of a cure for Alzheimer's disease fatally infected millions of people around the world. |