Science and Technology Rat Race (ٹرک کی بتی)

We were mindlessly and blindly made to follow the chimera of science and technology.
Unfortuately Pakistan was steered away from the essential fields that make a nation great and were diverted to a rat race towards the glitter of Science and Technology. See the related blogpost "Myth of our Country being Backward because we lag behind in Science and Technology". https://syedirfanhyder.blogspot.com/2013/03/myth-we-are-backward-because-we-lag-in.html

Link to the talk on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k505gmNtNws

See Also;

• Myth: Mushrooming of HEIs in Pakistan
• Myth: Impact factor measures impact
• What does it Mean to be a PhD: Myths of specialization and departmental scope of expertise
• Myth: We are backward we Lag Behind in Science and Technology 
• Myths of Schooling and Education: Resources
• 5 Myths of Higher Education in Pakistan
• Why PhD is Difficult to Complete and Why there are so many ABDs (All But Dissertation)  and PhD dropouts. 
• This write-up is an extended rehash of the ideas presented in a talk on "Five Major Myths of Higher Education" made at the CIO Conference, March 2009 at Sheraton, Karachi (link.)

This is the 1st of the Five Major Myths of Higher Education in Pakistan:

1. Our backwardness is because of science and technology 
2. There is mushrooming of educational institutions in Pakistan 
3. Public universities cost lower than private universities 
4. Bigger infrastructure (land, building, equipment) means better education 
5. Impact Factor research measures real impact