The Ascent of Man...

Is science de-humanising ?? Does it rob the beauty of nature by rationalising and hypothising ??
Does it make robots out of humans and convert them into numbers ??

Watch what Jacob Bronowski has to say on it. A powerful clip from Bronowski's The Ascent of Man series. Duration: 2.28 mins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIfatdNqBA&NR=1

Note:

1. The video is taped besides a pond in Auschwitz which contains the ashes of about 4 million people (that is 40 lakhs !!) sintered alive by Nazi barbarism.

2. Jacob Bronowski (January 18, 1908 - August 22, 1974) was a British mathematician of Polish-Jewish origin, best remembered as the presenter and writer of the BBC television documentary series, The Ascent of Man. (From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Bronowski)

The Ascent of Man was a groundbreaking 13-part series commisioned by BBC in 1973.The title alludes to The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin.

Transcript of the video above:

It is said that science will dehumanise people and turn them into numbers. That is false, tragically false. In the concentration camp and crematorium at Auschwitz, that is where people were turned into numbers. Into its pond were flushed the ashes of four million people. And that was not done by gas. It was done by arrogance. It was done by ignorance. When people believe that they have absolute knowledge, with no test in reality, this is how they behave. This is what men do when they aspire to the knowledge of gods. We have to cure ourselves of the itch for absolute knowledge and power. We have to close the distance between the push-button order and the human act. We have to touch people.