Snow seems to believe in the optimism of science and its potential to create immediate and tangible changes to the living conditions of human beings via technology. In this sense, science is like a ship carrying its passenger "humanity"to a bigger and brighter condition. However, if the ship does not have a compass, where does it go? Snow stated that morality was intrinsic in the study of science, but he does not go on to explain how. As far as science is concerned, how does the Second Law of Thermodynamics show me how to live and to treat others? It is not in Literature that the history, experience, and lessons of humanity conserved more so than in the sciences?
Shouldn't literature be more emphasized now in modernity more than ever because of the increasing existential questions that man encounters in this age of scientific "progress"? It seems like even though many materialistic needs are met, the metaphysical and spiritual questions that man asks still retains great demand for answers....
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